Activist Gireesh Achar assaulted
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Gireesh Achar in a hospital in Sagar.
Social Activist Gireesh Achar, on whose petition Karnataka High Court recently quashed denotification of 260 acres of forest area in Shivamogga district, was allegedly assaulted by unknown people near Mattimane in Hosanagar taluk on Monday. Girish Achar, 41 has been fighting against forest encroachment, illegal stone quarrying and sand mining for more than 15 years.
While he was on the way to Byndoor from Hosanagar on Monday, unknown people stopped him and forcibly took him in their two-wheeler. After travelling for two kilometres they assaulted him seriously.
“I don’t know who they are. Don’t know why they did beat me up. This is the third time happening with me in the last two years”, Mr. Achar told