Mangalore, March 8: Karnataka Rajya Adivasi Hakkugala Samanvaya Samiti (ABSS) state convener P Bharath demanded that journalism student Vittal Malekudiya and Linganna, who were recently arrested on the charges of abetting naxals, should be released immediately as "the duo did not support Naxalism."
He was addressing a protest organized by tribals led by ABBS, DYFI, Karnataka Rajya Dalitha Hakkugala Horata Samiti and other organizations at Belthangadi taluk office on Wednesday. Bharath said that Vittal was an active member of ABSS, which opposed naxal movement. "The boy, who has 100 per cent attendance in the university, was sent to jail without any reason. Those anti-naxal force cops, who put him behind the bars, should be punished," Bharath demanded. "The government, instead of implementing the Forest Rights Act, is denying the fundamental rights of tribals by not providing basic facilities to them," he added.
DYFI district president Muneer Katipalla said that a state-wide protest will be launched if Vittal was not released within a week.
Meanwhile, SFI district committee members along with journalism students of Mangalore University submitted a memorandum to inspector general of police Pratap Reddy demanding the release of Vittal on Wednesday.
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