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|REPORT| Events of December 1992

05.08.1993 · Posted in Communal Violence, Minorities, Report

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A Report by:

  • Citizens for Democracy- Karnataka,
  • People’s Union for Civil Liberties- Karnataka,
  • Karnataka Civil Liberties Committee and Karnataka Ekta

Karnataka has the dubious distinction of being ranked third in India and the first state in the South in the riots that broke out all over the country during October 1990 in the wake of the notorious Rath Yatra of Advani. These riots left 88 dead with hundreds maimed and properties worth Rs 4.37 Crore destroyed. Police opened fire in 4 cities and the total number felled by bullets was 10. Since then the communal situation in the state has been rather fragile.

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