Violence victims return cheques to tahsildar

By CT reporter
MANGALORE : An incident wherein the victims of the recent violence at Badrianagar near Mallur, returned the cheques disbursed to them by the tahsildar, was reported in the city recently.
The affected people of the area who came to know that the cheques were disbursed to them on the grounds that they were victims of group clashes immediately left to the tahsildar’s office to return the same. The fact was that they were not victims of group clashes, but victims of police atrocities.
They also made it clear to the tahsildar that during the violence some police personnel had barged into their houses and had attacked the inmates including men and women thereby injuring several.
They even contended that then the Kankanady police had even refused to accept their compaint. The tahsildar however initially refused to accept the cheques saying no compensation can be provided in the name of police atrocities.
Finally, he had to accept the cheques and informed that he would bring the matter to the notice of the deputy commissioner.