A large number of students and activists associated with various civil society organisations took out a rally through major streets of Sindhanur, Raichur district, demanding for the arrest of murderers of scholar M.M. Kalburgi.
They staged a demonstration outside the tahsildar’s office raising slogans against the murderers, and the police department.
Students from Anikethana College, Karnataka College, LBK College, Government Boys and Girls Pre University College had boycotted their classes to join the agitations. They assembled at city’s Inspectors Bungalow in the morning and marched through Mahatma Gandhi Circle, Basava Circle, Tipu Sultan Circle Mahaveer Road, Kittur Rani Chennamma Circle and Indiragandhi Cirlce before holding a huge public meeting outside the tahsildar’s office.
Addressing the meet, Chandrashekhar Gorbal, a leader of Anti-Imperialist Forum, held “fundamentalist forces” responsible for the murder of the rationalist scholar.
Mr. Gorbal demanded that the State enact the anti-superstition bill to controll the spread of superstitious thoughts in society. D.H. Pujar, State president of Karnataka Raitha Sangha, termed the murder of Kalburgi as a murder of democracy and freedom of speech. He called upon all democratic forces to get united in the fight against the fascist forces.
