MANGALORE: Various organizations have strongly condemned the act of the Kadri
police in arresting two staff of Karavali Ale on false charges.
PB D’Sa, District President of the PUCL has urged the Police Commissioner to
unconditionally release the newspaper staff and withdraw the case against them. D’Sa
said “Karavali Ale is a secular newspaper that works in the interests of all communities.
The Mangalore police have embarked upon this operation with malafied intention. This
action of curbing the freedom of Press is condemnable,â€
B Madhava, CPIM Secretary, has also strongly condemned the arrest. Stressing the need
to strive to protect Freedom of Press, he said the party would decide on its future course
of action on this issue at its state level meeting.
Jayan Malpe, Dalit leader in a press communiqué, has said the Mangalore’s new Police
Commissioner has disappointed the people by arresting a newspaper staff on false
charges as part of a systematic racket of some vested interests which are working against
the newspaper which has lent a voice to the sufferings of the oppressed.
Udupi District JD(S) President Deviprasad Shetty, Vijaykumar Hegde, President of the
Anti-Nagarjuna Action Committee, Kavu Hemanath Shetty, President of Puttur Block
Congress and Suresh Bhat of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike, have also condemned
the arrest in strong words.
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