Sugarcane tractors set on fire in Bagalkot; police file suo motu case against 700 farmers
Bagalkot: Mahalingapura Police have booked a suo motu case against 700 farmers following the incident of a trailer of tractors carrying sugarcane being set on fire on the premises of the sugar factory in Samirvadi of Saidapur recently.
The case was registered based on a complaint filed by Sub-inspector Terdala, which accused the farmers, including 17 leaders, of attempt to murder by stone-pelting and obstructing government employees from attending to their duties.
Farmer leader Gangadhar Meiti, who has been named as the 17th suspect in the case, is reportedly on a tour of Delhi with his family for the last one week and has challenged the charges against him. Meiti has insisted that he had not participated in the protest by sugarcane farmers in Mudhol and expressed displeasure over the Police Department making false charges against him.
He also released a video clip on social media showing him near India Gate in New Delhi, as proof of his statement.
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28-year-old Sangh Parivar worker held for selling cattle to slaughter house in Nallur
Karkala: A 28-year-old Sangh Parivar worker, Shivaprasad, also called as Annu Madiwala, was arrested by Karkala Rural Police under charge of selling cattle to a slaughter house in Nallur.
On November 12, the police had arrested Ashraf Ali and his wife for running the slaughter house without licence, after raiding their house in Nallur.
Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal had staged a protest, alleging that the couple sold the meat of stolen cattle that were brought to and killed at the slaughter house. The protesters also demanded that the slaughter house be seized by the authorities.
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The police, who held a questioning of the arrested duo, they were informed of the involvement of Shivaprasad, following which, the officers arrested Shivaprasad and produced him before court.
The Sangh Parivar worker had purchased the cattle and supplied to Ashraf Ali, police officers have said.
