B D Narayankar
Press Trust of India
Bangalore, Nov 22: Former prime minister and JDS
chief H D Deve Gowda today observed a day's fast here
demanding a CBI inquiry into the recent murder of a man who
was protesting against Bangalore-Mysore expressway project.
Gowda, who went on the fast in front of the Mahatma Gandhi
statue here, alleged that the firm implementing the
controversial Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC)
project, was behind the killing of Siddalinga Prabhu.
He also alleged that the firm Nandi Infrastructure
Corridor Enterprise (NICE) was threatening and harassing
farmers in collusion with state police.
Gowda claimed the state government failed to take
cognisance of a letter written by senior Supreme Court
advocate Prashant Bhushan to the state government last year
complaining about the threat to Prabhu, who was hacked to
death on October 17.
Inspite of an FIR filed against NICE chief Ashok Kheny and
his men, police took no action, Gowda, who himself has been
carrying on a sustained campaign against the project alleging
irregularities in land acquisition, said.
He said he would the raise the issue in the ongoing winter
session of Parliament and also meet leaders of regional
parties in Delhi and discuss 'irregularities' in the BMIC
project.
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