New Delhi: The magisterial inquiry report into the KG Halli and DJ Halli violence in Bengaluru in 2020 has found that members of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of the Popular Front of India (PFI) acted like a ‘gang of terrorists’ and conspired to strike terror in the minds of the people, news agency ANI reported.
According to reports, the cabinet, on December 22, accepted the magisterial report submitted by the Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner on the incident, the sequence of events that led to the death of three miscreants during the violence in KG Halli and DJ Halli in August 2020. The report also mentions that clean chit was given to police resorting to lathi-charge and firing.
Referring to the magisterial inquiry report, BJP national general secretary CT Ravi on Thursday said that the miscreants allegedly torched thousands of vehicles in a matter of minutes and created a ruckus for about 20 hours.
“They torched thousands of vehicles within a few minutes and rioted for around 20 hours. Can this be done suddenly? It can be done if it's pre-planned. We had said that SDPI, PFI are behind this. Proof surfaced today. Its the right time to ban SDPI,” ANI quoted CT Ravi as saying.
It is to be noted that widespread violence erupted in Bengaluru's DJ Halli and KG Halli areas after an alleged post on Prophet Mohammad by the nephew of Pulakeshinagar Congress MLA on Facebook.
Three people died in this violence while many people sustained serious injured. After the incident, the angry mob also tried to set fire to the police station.
As per reports, the incident was initially investigated by the city police, but was soon transferred to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in September 2020.