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Forty-one Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) protestors who allegedly stormed a Parliamentary Committee connected Official Language gathering astatine a metropolis edifice connected Friday person been remanded to judicial custody.
The constabulary sources said 28 antheral and 13 pistillate protesters were produced earlier the 1st Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Court, which ordered their remand.
KRV person T.A. Narayana Gowda condemned the arrests, alleging that mendacious cases had been filed against his organisation’s members. “Our members person been arrested illegally by booking fake cases. The authorities should instantly instrumentality steps to quash them and merchandise everyone. If the authorities fails to act, we volition motorboat a Statewide question against this,” helium warned.
Mr. Gowda stressed that the organisation would not beryllium intimidated by cases oregon imprisonment, and openly threatened that immoderate organisation oregon committee promoting Hindi successful the State would look consequences.
His remarks came successful the backdrop of a three-day league of the Parliamentary Committee connected Official Language. On Thursday, KRV members allegedly barged into the Taj West End Hotel, wherever the league was being held. According to police, connected the last time of the meeting, which began astatine 9.30 a.m., implicit 40 KRV members entered the venue betwixt 10.45 a.m. and 11 a.m., shouting slogans and objecting to the agenda.
A lawsuit has been registered astatine High Grounds Police Station nether BNS sections related to transgression trespass and unlawful protest.
KRV spokesperson Arun Javagal told The Hindu that portion immoderate members were granted bail connected Friday, others stay successful judicial custody. “We received accusation that they were promoting Hindi, which prompted our protest,” helium said.
The KRV has besides demanded the abolition of the Parliamentary Committee connected Official Language and called for each languages successful the state to beryllium made authoritative languages.
