Mangalore, July 27: Hundreds of students on Wednesday took out a rally in the city as part of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad's nationwide protest against 'corruption'.
Mangalore was one among the 500 district centres of the country, where the right-wing students' movement staged mammoth demonstration raising voice against, what the protesters said, the uncontrolled corruptions of Congress led Union Government of India.
The rally of saffron clad boys and girls from various education institutions, commenced at Jyoti Circle in the heart of the city and culminated in the Town Hall.
Addressing the overwhelming crowd of the students in Town Hall, Vasanth Kumar, State President, ABVP, said that the country's independence is in danger due to the rampant corruption and corrupt policies of the rulers of India.
Lashing out at the Centre's inability to check the scandals, he pointed out that three among the scandals of Central Government have crossed worth Rs 1 lakh crores each while 13 scandals have crossed worth Rs 1000 crores each.
Appreciating the enthusiasm of the students and their concern towards the motherland, he said that ABVP's nationwide protest aims at protecting the nation, which is engulfed by corruption.
He called upon the young generation to exhibit its strength and work towards a developed nation.
Commenting on 2G scam, which is the largest reported scam to rock the nation, he said that even Prime Minister and Home Minister of the country have involved in this scandal.
The demands of the agitating students included bringing the black money deposited in several banks across the world back to the nation, to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill, electoral reforms and transparency in the government by e-Governance.
RSS leader and businessman Pushparaj Jain presided over the protest meet. ABVP leaders Jagadish Kaapumale, Dasharath Vylai, Akshatha and Swathi were also present.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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