PUCL Karnataka Towards civil liberties and human rights for all in Karnataka

26 October 1990 Press Release [Download This Press Release] [Download Full Text of the CDF Report on Davanagere Riots] In response to the unprecedented or communal violence in Karnataka, Justice Shri V.M. Tarkunde, former President of Citizen’s For Democracy (CFD) and its General Secretary, N.D. Pancholi asked a team of CFD activists in Karnataka to ...

[Read Full Report] [From the Archives] There were communal riots in many towns of Karnataka during October 1990. They were preceded by riots in Ramanagaram, known as the Silk town of the state, 50 kms away from Bangalore on September 2, 1990. Tension has been stoked in this town by the Ganesh festivities followed by ...