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Pointing out that though protests were held in other parts of the state, the situation turned violent only in Mangaluru Kumaraswamy said that had police not behaved the way they did, the situation would not have escalated beyond control.
Addressing a press conference here, the former chief minister said that city police commissioner Dr PS Harsha was directly responsible for the violence and demanded his immediate suspension from service.
Alleging that the videos released earlier were fake, Kumarswamy said that the state government of trying to cover up the issue by siding with the police.