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Shobha Yatra peaceful: Arrested KSV activists on fast
Sunday December 3 2006 11:44 IST
CHIKMAGALUR: Komu Souharda Vedike activists started their indefinite hunger strike and dharna inside district prison here at 7 pm on Saturday.
They were demanding that the DC and SP explain under what sections they were arrested in the morning. Talking to this website's newspaper, a KSV spokesperson said the police had booked false cases against them. ‘‘Though we promised that we would not violate any conditions laid down by the district administration, we were picked up from lodges and houses and jailed,’’ she complained.
‘‘It appears that the district administration is planning to shift us to prisons in Belgaum and Bellary. However, the district administration had left Sangh Pariwar activists free though they violated all norms,’’ she added.
Earlier in the morning when KSV activists tried to take out a procession on KM Road, police arrested and jailed them. The district administration claimed that the KSV was not permitted to take out its Souharda Yatra.
Seer Basavaraj of Mansurmutt, Gowri Lankesh, Nagari Babaiah, K L Ashok, Dr Vasu and other KSV activists were among the 135 arrested. While Ashok, Nagari Babaiah and others were picked up from lodges, Gowri Lankesh and 40 activists were arrested for taking out a protest rally on KM Road. In the afternoon, Seer Basavaraj and others were arrested for blocking the road at Hanumantappa extension. A few others were taken in to custody at the bus stand.
SHOBHA YATRA: The Sangh Pariwar took out the Shobha Yatra on Saturday after two years. Devotees participated in large numbers.
The Yatra began at 3:25 pm from Kamadenu Ganapathi Temple and reached the district playground by 6 pm. State convener of Bajrang Dal Mahendrakumar, MLAs C T Ravi and V Sunil Kumar led the yatra through the main streets of city. The district administration limited the number to 2500.
Seer Basavaraj and others were arrested for blocking the road at Hanumantappa extension.
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