Cong demands judicial probe into Mangaluru firing

Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday demanded a high-level probe by a sitting High Court judge into the police firing in which two persons died during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in Mangaluru.

Terming the killing as "inhuman", Siddaramaiah alleged that the Mangaluru incident indicates that police themselves incited violence.

The former Chief Minister also claimed it was a conspiracy to scuttle the freedom of people by creating an atmosphere of fear.

It's very clear that BJP government was trying to reap political benefits by causing communal clashes, he alleged, while pointing out that "scuttling the freedom of people is what Hitler did in Germany and Mussolini in Italy."
It is unconstitutional, undemocratic. This is reminiscent of Hitler's rule. It's like an undeclared emergency."
Stating that "golibar" (firing) could not have happened without government's notice, the former Chief Minister said on the one hand, Chief Minister Yediyurappa says he has directed police not to use force, "still two people were killed by them."