Mangalore, April 21: Senior Congress leader and Congress candidate for LS election B Janardhana Poojary said that Congress government in the state has joined hands with the Karnataka police and showing reluctance towards entrusting the case to Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Speaking at the press meet held at District Congress office on April 21, Monday, he said that it is the matter of common sense that the shootout at Thanikodu check post by the ANF personnel is murder.
Poojary also said that the government must take steps to reinforce a sense of trust among the people by handing over the case to CBI probe, since people have no trust in CID investigation. The promise of handing over case to CID by state home minister, K J George, shows that he is one of the weakest ministers in the cabinet.
He lashes out the department for failing to take action against the ANF personnel involved in the shootout.
The attack on family of the victim by the RSS members, when they were on the way to government hospital of Sringeri to bring back the dead body is condemned.
He also urged the state government to ensure a job to one of the kin of Kabir and increase the compensation amount from Rs 5 lakh to least Rs 20 lakh to the bereaved family.
Former MLA Vijaykumar Shetty, Mayor Mahabala Maarla, District Congress Interim President Kodijal Ibrahim, Suresh Ballal, Ivan D’Souza and others were present.
