Haveri: Sangh Parivar activists allegedly pelted stones at a mosque, houses, and an Urdu school in Rattihalli in the district on Tuesday, while taking out a bike rally here.

The rally was organized as a part of a program to unveil a statue of Sangolli Rayanna in Rattihalli.

The unveiling ceremony was followed by the stoning of various buildings. In addition, an auto-rickshaw driver is learned to have been manhandled on the occasion.

The police officers in Rattihalli were forced to act as the air was tense, following such incidents. They succeeded in dispelling the crowd and brought the situation under control.

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Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu), Apr 4 (PTI): A nutritious meal cook and another person were arrested by the police on Friday for thrashing a class V student with broom, here, after the child demanded egg, the state government said.

A video of the purported incident has gone viral, where the boy is seen being beaten up with a broom by the two.

Social Welfare and Women Rights Minister, P Geetha Jeevan, made it clear the Stalin-led government will not tolerate any act of violence against children.

In a social media update, Jeevan said the incident happened at a primary school in Polur union in the district where the cook Lakshmi and an assistant, Muniammal "beat up a student who asked for an egg as part of the nutritious meal."

They were suspended on April 3 and later, criminal action was initiated against them and the two were arrested, she said.

A state government release said an enquiry was initiated following the viral video and after departmental action, the two women were booked under relevant sections of BNS and the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 and subsequently arrested.