Madiga leader taken into custody by Mysuru police during protest rally as precautionary measure
Mysuru: Leader of the Madiga Struggle Committee BR Bhaskar Prasad, who was taking out a rally from Chamundi Hills in the district till Freedom Park in Bengaluru demanding a stay on the hike in the salary of government SC employees and implementation of internal reservation, was taken into custody in the city by the police as precautionary measure.
Dissatisfied that the pay to government employees belonging to SC communities has been increased although the state government had assured not to hike the pay until the internal reservation is implemented, Prasad started a rally in a semi-nude state from Mysuru to Bengaluru on Monday.
The Madiga Struggle Committee is also learned to have planned to stage a protest under his leadership outside the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner’s office on Monday.
In addition, members of the Holeya Community Constitution Protection Committee and other organizations, who had been angered that Prasad spoke in a derogatory manner about Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Social Welfare Minister Dr. HC Mahadevappa recently, came forth to stage a protest outside the DC’s office on Monday, demanding that Prasad be arrested.
As the situation started growing tense, also showing signs of the possibility of a clash erupting between the two groups, the police intervened and took into custody the members of the Madiga community who planned a protest.
In addition, the police denied permission to the other organizations to protest against Prasad.
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Four more arrested in brigadier assault case in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): Four more accused have been arrested in connection with the alleged assault on an Army brigadier, his son and threatening his wife in southwest Delhi's Vasant Enclave area, police said on Friday.
The accused have been identified as Surjit Singh (36), Sunil Sharma (53) and Ashish (32), all from Mehram Nagar in Delhi, and Satender (35) of Bhiwani in Haryana, police said.
According to police, Surjit Singh was known to the main accused Satender, a director of an aviation company. All of them were sitting together in Mehram Nagar when Satender called them regarding a quarrel in Vasant Enclave.
"Following the call, all four left for the spot in Surjit's white Hyundai Aura. After reaching there, they got involved in the altercation and assault before returning to their respective homes," a senior police officer said.
After learning about the registration of the case, the accused fled and went into hiding, he said.
"Teams were constituted to trace them and all four absconding accused were arrested," he said.
The Hyundai Aura used in the incident has also been recovered, police said.
Further investigation into the case is underway. The role of each accused is being examined, they said.
According to the investigators, the incident took place on the night of April 11, when the brigadier and his son objected to the two men allegedly consuming alcohol inside a car parked outside their residence. Soon, others reached the spot and allegedly assaulted the officer and his son, besides abusing and threatening his wife.
