The Karnataka Cupboard Thursday withdrew a complete of 60 instances – together with the 2022 Hubli riot case, the case of provocative speech in opposition to minorities by former BJP MLA M P Renukacharya, and the assault on a lady scholar from a minority group by two of her seniors – filed in opposition to numerous individuals.
Instances registered in opposition to farmer leaders for numerous protests, together with the one held in opposition to the controversial farm legal guidelines handed by the Union Authorities have been additionally withdrawn.
The Hubli riot case was associated to a derogatory put up in opposition to a minority religion by a person, who was nabbed by the police following the incident in 2022. In line with the FIR, a big group had arrived on the police station following his arrest and demanded that the accused be handed over to them. Through the melee, stones have been pelted on the police station as a consequence of which a tense state of affairs had prevailed within the metropolis.
The case was withdrawn following a petition by the members of a aid committee constituted underneath Anjuman-E-Islam, Hubli, and D B Chalawady, president of the affiliation of varied Dalit organisations, previous Hubli.
The case in opposition to Renukacharya was filed in 2020, after the previous BJP MLA at a public occasion had accused minorities of hoarding weapons and cultivating a ‘tradition of terrorism’. Renukacharya had additionally mentioned that he would divert the funds meant for minority neighbourhoods, triggering a row.
One other controversial case was associated to the assault on a lady from a minority neighborhood, pursuing her commencement in Arts by two male B Com college students, who pulled her Hijab throughout the pro- and anti-Hijab protests in 2022. The incident that passed off at Harihar in Davanagere district had stoked communal tensions within the area.
The Cupboard additionally determined to withdraw a 2022 case at Aland, Kalaburagi district, filed in opposition to a pro-Hijab protest underneath AIMIM chief Zaheeruddin Ansari.
Different instances withdrawn embody one the place the police have been assaulted throughout the protests in opposition to farm legal guidelines at Gadag in 2020. In one other case, stones have been pelted at police officers throughout a Valmiki Jayanthi celebration close to Mysuru in 2019.
The Cupboard additionally withdrew the instances filed in opposition to the Karnataka State Street Transport Company worker affiliation for protests carried out in 2021 demanding a hike in wages, amongst others.
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