Manjeshwar : The BJP members of  Manjeshwar mandala staged a protest demanding the resignation of Manjeshwar MLA M C Qamaruddin who has been facing 36 cases in cheating of 749 people with Rs 150 crore.

BJP state vice president A P Abdulla Kutty inaugurated the protests and Manjeshwar mandala president Manikanta Rai presided over the protest demonstration at Manjeshwar Taluk office on Tuesday.

The angry demonstrators tried to break the police barricades at Manjeshwar taluk office, the police used water cannons which injured more than five people. This also caused the BJP district president Srikanth and some other activists fall on the ground.

District president K Srikanth, BJP north zone vice president Kolaru Sathischandra Bhandary, advocate Sadananda Rai, Roopavani Bhat, Yuvamorcha district president Dhananjay Madhoor, A K Kayyar, Muraleedhar Yadav, B M Adarsh, Pushpa Ammekkala, Ashok Kumar Holla and others were present.

Manjeshwar MLA M C Qamaruddin aggregate to Rs 74 crore and 68 sovereign gold in one case. Five cases are lodged with Kasaragod police station, two in Hosdurg Magistrate Court and the highest number of 29 with Chandera police station. Accounts so far add up to Rs 150 crore swindled from 749 people.