Bengaluru, Sep 13: Karnataka BJP on Friday constituted a five member "fact finding committee" on the violence during a Ganesh idol immersion procession at Nagamangala in Mandya district.

Clashes broke out between two groups during the procession in the town, following which mobs went on a rampage with stone pelting and targeting several shops and vehicles leading to tension on Wednesday night.

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The panel consists of MLA and former Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan, MLA and former Minister Byrathi Basavaraj, former Minister K C Narayana Gowda, state secretary Lakshmi Ashwin Gowda, and former IPS officer Bhaskar Rao.

The committee has been directed to visit the incident spot, examine things, and submit a comprehensive report in a week's time, state BJP President B Y Vijayendra said in a statement announcing its formation.

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Hyderabad (PTI): Well-known dance choreographer Jani Master, who has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who worked with him, was arrested, police said on Thursday.

Jani Master, whose real name is Shaik Jani, was arrested in Goa by the Cyberabad police where he will be produced before a local court, a senior police official told PTI.

He will be brought to Hyderabad after obtaining a transit warrant from the court