Members of Sakal Jain Samaj on Thursday staged a protest march in the city to express their agony and condemn the murder of Jain Monk Kamkumar Nandi Maharaj in Karnataka. All the business establishments and shops of members of Jain community were closed till afternoon. It may be mentioned that Jain community across the country is upset and saddened following the unfortunate inhumane incident, as Jain monk Kamkumar Nandi Maharaj from Nandi Parvat Ashram at Hirekodi village in Chikkodi taluk was allegedly murdered and his body dumped in a borewell pit at Khatakbhavi village in Raibag taluk.

 

The Jain community members took out protest rally from Bada Phuhara in the morning. Women, senior citizens and even children registered their presence in the rally holding placards on their hands. The rally crossed Karamchand Chowk to reach Malviya Chowk where they handed over a memorandum addressing to the President of India and Karnataka Chief Minister, to the representative of district administration.

 

According to representatives of Jain community, the symbolic protest was staged to condemn brutal murder of Jain Monk and to ensure stern punishment to the murderers. So that such incident would not repeated in future. They also demanded security for all the saints and sadhavis, as the community is quite saddened following the attack on saints.

Another silent rally was carried out from Basti Mandir in Ranjhi. The members of Jain community observed silence throughout the rally-path and after reaching Ranjhi Thana, submitted a memorandum addressing to the President of India and Karnataka Chief Minister.