Mangalore : The Hindu Jagarana Vedike and Kodikere Nagarika Samithi staged a joint protest in front of DC office in Mangalore on February 12, Tuesday to condemn the drug mafia and to demand the arrest  of the accused in the Kodikere Shivaraj murder case.

Addressing the protestors, Satyajith Suratkal, State Co-Convenor of the Vedike said  there was a systematic ploy behind the drugs racket operating in the city and added some anti-national organizations were involved in the racket. He said  drugs were entering India  from China, Pakistan and Afghanistan in huge quantities.

He also alleged  that there was a direct link between the counterfeit currency racket and the drugs racket.

He said  it was regretting to note that some  newspapers were targeting the Vedike which was fighting against the drug mafia.

He said the Vedike would hold awareness meets from Sampaje to Udupi and warned the Vedike will have to take law into hands if the administration neglected the drug menace.

He also demanded that the real accused in the Kodikere Shivaraj case be arrested and alleged the police were  dilly dallying to arrest the real culprits.

Vilas, Kishore, Vasudeva Rao Shakuntala, Vijaya Kotian  Hindu Jagarana Vedike leaders and Raj Kulal, the father  of late Shivaraj Kodikere were present.