Karnataka CM says no relief for kin of dead CAA protesters

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday (December 25) said the state government will not give ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh each to the families of the two men killed in violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act if they are proven guilty in the case.

Addressing pressperson at circuit house Yediyurappa said, “If the two killed in police firing are proved guilty in the incident then the government will not provide any compensation to their families.

“As per police, it is suspected that the two killed were part of the protesters that turned violent. We are investigating the claims until their roles are not cleared, we will not release any funds,” he added.

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The Karnataka government on Sunday, December, 22 had announced an ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh each to the families of the two men killed in violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in Mangaluru on December 19.