Puttur: The Town Police officials have registered a case against the supporters of Arun Kumar Puthila under charge of causing public disturbance, as they staged a victory rally without permission on the main road of Puttur town after results of gram panchayat by-elections in the taluk were declared.

The results of the by-elections to the Aryapu and Nidpalli Gram Panchayats were declared on Wednesday. Subrahmanya Balyaya, the candidate of the Puthila Parivara, a group of Puthila supporters, had won the by-elections to the Aryapu GP while the candidate fielded by Puthila Parivara had lost the bypoll in Nidpalli by a narrow margin.

The members of the Puthila Parivara took out their rally from outside the Puttur Taluk Panchayat office, where the counting to the bypolls was held, till the office of the Puthila Parivara, traversing the main road of Puttur town. A disc jockey (DJ) was also hired to participate in the victory rally, all of which was held without prior permission of the police.

The Town Police officers have filed the case against the group for staging the rally sans permit and causing a disturbance on the streets of the town.

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