Advocates of Karnataka’s Hassan dist. stage protest, block movement of vehicles

Advocates of Hassan, who took out a protest condemning the comments of a seer in Hassan on Wednesday, turned their ire against Deputy Commissioner K.S. Lathakumari, for not coming out of the office to receive their memorandum.

The advocates, under the banner of Hassan Advocates’ Association, took out a march from the association building to the Deputy Commissioner’s office condemning the recent comments of Gnana Prakash Swamy of Urilinga Peddi Mutt in Mysuru. They expected that the Deputy Commissioner would come and receive their memorandum.

As Ms. Lathakumari, who was chairing a meeting with officers, did not turn up, the advocates raised slogans against her and shifted their protest to Bengaluru-Mangaluru Road in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office. They stalled the movement of the vehicles, demanding that Ms. Lathakumari come to the site of the protest and listen to their plea.

The advocates ended their protest after resolving to stage another one in the coming days. Association president Karle Moganna Gowda, secretary H.R. Hombesh, and others led the protest.