CBI raid on Teesta’s publishing firm condemned

July 16, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:40 am IST - Udupi:

The district unit of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike (KKSV) has condemned the raid by the CBI on the publishing firm of social activist Teesta Setalvad for the alleged violation of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) on July 14.

In a press release issued here on Wednesday, G. Rajashekhar, president of district unit of KKSV, said that the raid on the premises of Ms. Setalvad and other directors of the firm was done solely for political purposes.

The intention of this raid was to break the back of Ms. Setalavad’s organisations, which had carried on a legal fight against violation of human rights.

The CBI raid was a despicable act by the Union government to crush just struggles and protect violators of law, he said. If such acts went on unhindered, it would shake the foundations of the legal justice system, Constitution and civil rights. The President of the country should take a serious note of these developments and intervene to protect civil law and rights, the release added.

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