Reportedly the Mangaluru police released videos of stone pelting and arson on their facebook page on tuesday, claiming that they were videos of the protests that took place in the city on december 19. Meanwhile the Mangaluru police also thanked the locals for helping them source "high quality" images of "riots" in the city. Furthermore two people had died in Mangaluru due to police firing kast week and two others were injured.
Perhaps in a facebook post, the Mangaluru police said, "Mangaluru city police thanks citizens of Mangaluru for overwhelming support for sharing high quality images of rioteers who formed unlawful assembly and were responsible for widespread violence. We are posting a few of photographs of these rioteers for identification and information about their whereabouts," the post reads. Apparently Mangaluru police Commissioner PS Harsha also tweeted on monday and asked for people to send them videos of the protests that occurred on december 19.
PS Harsha said "I appeal to the public who have any photo or video content regarding riots that happened in Mangaluru city on december 19 to mail it to mangalurunorthmgc@gmail.com or send a whatsapp message on 9480802327 It would help investigation team in upholding the truth". Earlier Former chief minister Siddaramaiah has called for a judicial enquiry and condemned the police action and Siddaramaiah also said that the police had not used water jets to disperse the crowd on the streets but had directly resorted to shooting.
