Former minister K.S. Eshwarappa has demanded the State Government hand over the investigation into the violence reported in Shivamogga during the Id Milad procession on October 1 to the National Investigation Agency.
In a press conference in Shivamogga on Saturday, Mr. Eshwarappa said activists of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) were involved in the incidents reported on the day. The police had already arrested three of the seven accused with links to the PFI. “As the involvement of the PFI is evident, the State Government should hand over the case to the NIA”, he said.
