Mangalore, July 24: The district unit of Campus Front of India (CFI) held a demonstration and road-block near University College at Hampankatta here on Wednesday, protesting against malicious assaults on innocent students by miscreants.
The demonstrators claimed that certain communal forces belonging to saffron outfits were trying to disrupt the communal harmony in the region by indulging in acts of moral policing, and condemned the assault made on two students in Yekkur on the outskirts of the city on Monday.
They said that these forces were trying to perpetrate 'mental terrorism' on the minorities in the state, especially on the Muslim community, and said that attempts to spoil the communal harmony would not work.
CFI district president Sanaullah said that several instances of moral policing had taken place in the district in the past few days, as part of a conspiracy hatched by certain forces. He urged the intelligence teams to inform the police department and the government about these forces, who ought to take stringent action to prevent them.
He also demanded that moral policing should not continue henceforth in the district, warning that the organisation would take steps to prevent these incidents in the coming days if the government failed to do so.
CFI state committee member Asif Baikadi said that in spite of several cases of assault on students in the region in the past year, no proper investigation had been conducted by the police department or the government in any case.
Demanding police action, he said that the assault made on two students was an assault on the entire student community. “Affected students are hesitant to report these incidents out of fear. In such cases, police must themselves file cases against the assailants and arrest them under non-bailable charges,” he said, condemning the government for not having taken any measures to eliminate fear among students.
“A safe environment for youth in college campuses should be created by the government, which has been spoilt by troublemakers. Immediate steps should be taken against them,” he said, urging that the assailants should be booked on charges of attempt to murder.
He warned that CFI would take up continuous protests in every district in the state if the police failed to nab the culprits within two days.
District general secretary Imran Thumbay and district committee member Fayaz also addressed the gathering.
State president Iqbal Bellare, district committee member Irshad Bajpe and several others were participated in the demonstration.
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