Silvester D’Souza

Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (DC)

Kundapur, Feb 3: Several organisations took to streets on Sunday, February 3 demanding immediate arrest of accused in the brutal murder of two innocent youths in Kota.

Holding a protest near market close to Kota national highway, the leaders belonging to several associations of the city joined by the public condemned the brutal killing of two youth.

The bandh call given in Kota by more than 25 organizations received positive response. The protesters demanded the police to arrest Harish Reddy and his brother, who are suspected to be the accused.

MLC Kota Srinivas Poojary assured the protesters that he would lead a delegation urging chief minister H D Kumaraswamy to arrest the accused at the earliest. "I am deeply shocked by the brutal killing of two innocent youth in Kota. Police are doing their best to arrest the murderers. If they fail to trace the killers by February 6, we will meet the CM and higher officials of the police department," he said.

The protesters also demanded death sentence for the killer-duo. They said that Kota which is the birth place of poet Karanth must not become a crime spot. They also submitted a memorandum to the Udupi police superintendent.

SP Nimbargi after receiving the memorandum assured the protesters that hunt is on for the murderers by specially formed four teams.

People gathered in large number during the protest. They also collected Rs 48,000 within 10 minutes during the protest as financial aid to the family of deceased Dinesh Ganiga.

The protest call was given by Janajagruthi samiti former president Prathap Shetty Sasthana and his brother Prashanth Shetty. Mogaveera youth association led by Nadoja G Shankar also supported the bandh. Several vendors too joined the protest by shutting down their shops.

INTUC state president Rakesh Malli, Jaya Karnataka Udupi district president Sathish Poojary, several socials activists joined the protest.