Mangalore: MV Kamath, veteran journalist and honorary director of the Manipal Institute of Communication  said he supported the report of State Women’s Commission President C Manjula in the Morning Mist Homestay attack case.

Speaking at the inaugural of ‘Yodha-Yashodha; Gata-Hita Nenapagalu’ organised by Karavali Yuva Sinchana on August 14 at Government Pre-University College for Women at Balmatta, Mangalore, he  questioned as to what were the youngsters doing at the home stay for five hours and chose to blame for parents for the involvement of youngsters in such activities.

It is when parents forget their duty that youngsters are led astray, he observed.

Noted folk scholar, Amritha Someshwara who spoke on the occasion, said  the younger generation lacked proper guidance and thinking.

A photography and documentary exhibition by Karavali Yuva Sinchana was organised on the occasion.

Additional Deputy Commissioner Dayanand, Mangalore Airport Authority Director M.R. Vasudeva, Government Pre-University College Principal Thara Rao, Nehru Yuva Kendra District Coordinator C.J.F. D’Souza were also present at the function.