He further alleged that the Congress-led state government was imposing a “Tughlaq Rule”. “A citizen is criminalised for questioning the administrative failures; isn’t this Tughlaq Rule?” he remarked, citing the suicide case of Gulbarga police officer Parashurama.He added, “We all know what has happened in the suicide cases of contractor Sachin Panchala and government officer Chandrashekar. This must not be repeated in Vinay’s case.”Vijayendra also urged the Bengaluru police to seek permission from the magistrate to register FIRs against MLAs Ponnanna and Mantar Gowda. “Police stations across the state are being converted to Congress offices.Due to the pressure from the MLAs, our worker has died by suicide. Highlighting the administration failures is being criminalised. Despite stay orders, our workers were exploited by the police,” he alleged.The protest intensified during the shifting of Vinay’s body to his native place in Gonimaruru. Police made preventive arrests, taking Vijayendra, Yaduveer Wadiyar, Prathap Simha, former MLA K.G. Bopaiah, and others into custody. They were later released. The leaders later visited Vinay’s residence in Gonimaruru and participated in the final rites.As a precautionary measure, the Superintendents of Police from Mysuru and Mandya were stationed in Kushalnagar, along with the Kodagu Police. Five KSRP troops, DCP Crime Mysuru, four District Armed Reserve forces, and over 400 civil police personnel were deployed during the protest.
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