Condemning the brutal murder of Jain monk Sri Kamakumar Nandi Maharaj in Belagavi district, members of the Jain community took out a protest march and staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Dharwad on Monday.
Scores of members of the community marched from Kadapa Maidan to the Deputy Commissioner’s office covering the thoroughfares of the city. On reaching the Deputy Commissioner’s office, the protestors staged a demonstration and sought stringent punishment to all those involved in the brutal murder of the Jain monk.
Addressing the protestors, Shivaleela Kulkarni, wife of MLA Vinay Kulkarni, strongly condemned the incident and said that the State government will be urged to take the requisite steps to ensure stringent punishment to the guilty.