The Shivamogga District Superintendent of Police GK Mithun Kumar has declared as fake the news going viral on social media that a Muslim youngster had died in a police encounter in Ragigudda in the wake of the recent stone-pelting incident in town on Sunday.

Twenty-four cases have been registered and 60 people arrested so far in connection with the violence that broke out during a religious procession in the district headquarters town of Shivamogga, police said on Tuesday.

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District Superintendent of Police Mithun Kumar has asked the people not to spread fake news and false information about the stone-pelting incident that occurred in Ragigudda during the Eid Milad procession on Sunday, clarifying that the police officers are investigating the case.