Kelinja: Clashes break out between Congress-BJP workers; four injured
Bantwal: Four persons injured in a clash between Congress and BJP workers on Saturday night at Kelinja in the limits of Vittala Police Station.
Congress party activists Azeez and Salim were injured in the clash and now taking treatment at Vittala Community Hospital. No information was available on the injured BJP activists.
Incident details
On Saturday night, Congress-JDS activists were reportedly engaged in victory in and around Vittala. The Congress party workers raised the ‘BJP Murdabad’ slogans; in retaliation, local BJP activists too started shouting ‘Congress Murdabad’ slogans. Consequently, both the party workers indulged in a verbal altercation which ended with attacking each other with soda bottles.
Soon, the incident of Kelinja spread at surrounding places of Vittala through social networking sites, due to which a group clash is also reported from a village in Kolnadu Town. Four persons, including Dhanraj, were injured and admitted to Puttur hospital. The police visited the spot and as a precautionary step closed all the shops in the affected area.
Police officials Sajith VJ, D. Kumar, Prakash, and Prasanna, visited the spot and investigated.
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Dalit youngster in Raichur denied entry into temple: Video viral
Police, priest, Dalit leaders ‘unaware of matter’
Raichur: The priest of the Ambabhavani Temple in Athkur village has been accused of stopping Dalit youngsters from entering the temple for a ritual related the Navaratri festival, although related parties, including the priest and Dalit leaders of the village, have denied knowledge about the incident.
A video of the youngsters, belonging to the Madiga community, who wanted to wear the ritual garlands for the festive period, being denied entry into the temple and the priest handing them the garlands keeping them outside the threshold has gone viral on social media platforms.
Yapaladinni Police officers, however, have said no police complaint about the matter has been filed so far. In addition, Dalit leaders in Athkur have said no such incident has occurred in the village, but the police officers are conducting an inquiry since youngsters have alleged that they were denied entry into the temple.
The temple priest has also refuted the charges against him, clarifying that action will be taken if a complaint is filed.
