NAGAMANGALA: After clashes between two communities throughout a Ganesh idol-immersion procession in Nagamangala in Karnataka’s Mandya district Wednesday night left a cop injured and outlets and autos broken, an uneasy calm, helped by heavy police presence, descended in town on Thursday.
Mandya deputy commissioner Kumar stated prohibitory orders have been imposed and sale of liquor banned in Nagamangala until Friday.Industrial institutions and colleges remained closed Thursday. VHP and Bajrang Dal have introduced a bandh in Nagamangala on Friday.
Cops registered at the least 10 FIRs and arrested 54 individuals on expenses of rioting, homicide try, injury to public property, assault, stopping a policeman from discharging duties, and illegal meeting in violence that broke out on Wednesday night.
“The state of affairs is beneath management now. We’ve deployed sufficient pressure and brought all precautionary measures,” Karnataka dwelling minister G Parameshwara stated in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Mandya SP Mallikarjun Baladandi stated the police is investigating whether or not the violence was premeditated.
Over 300 police personnel will proceed to watch Nagamangala, 45km from Mandya and 120km from Bengaluru, until the weekend.
The violence began when a bunch allegedly hurled stones through the procession close to a mosque on Mysuru Highway. In accordance with Baladandi, the altercation occurred when these participating within the procession stopped close to a dargah and began dancing. A dispute arose when one other group demanded that the procession transfer forward, resulting in a standoff that was resolved by police.
Later, the devotees’ group concerned within the procession protested in entrance of Nagamangala police station, accusing police of “obstructing” their procession. Police allowed the procession to proceed, however two teams all of a sudden began throwing stones at one another. The state of affairs turned worse when arsonists allegedly began concentrating on outlets, 25 in all, and broken eight bikes, two automobiles and as many autorickshaws.
An SI sustained minor accidents, and the residence of former MLA and JDS chief Suresh Gowda was broken within the incident.
In the meantime, police are dealing with allegations of negligence for permitting a procession to move by means of a delicate space, regardless of a earlier conflict, in 2023. Police’s alleged failure to be taught from previous has come beneath scrutiny. A senior officer denied granting permission for the procession to go close to the mosque. Nevertheless, the members within the procession took a U-turn close to Mysuru Highway and approached the mosque, resulting in the following occasions, sources stated.
Mandya deputy commissioner Kumar stated prohibitory orders have been imposed and sale of liquor banned in Nagamangala until Friday.Industrial institutions and colleges remained closed Thursday. VHP and Bajrang Dal have introduced a bandh in Nagamangala on Friday.
Cops registered at the least 10 FIRs and arrested 54 individuals on expenses of rioting, homicide try, injury to public property, assault, stopping a policeman from discharging duties, and illegal meeting in violence that broke out on Wednesday night.
“The state of affairs is beneath management now. We’ve deployed sufficient pressure and brought all precautionary measures,” Karnataka dwelling minister G Parameshwara stated in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Mandya SP Mallikarjun Baladandi stated the police is investigating whether or not the violence was premeditated.
Over 300 police personnel will proceed to watch Nagamangala, 45km from Mandya and 120km from Bengaluru, until the weekend.
The violence began when a bunch allegedly hurled stones through the procession close to a mosque on Mysuru Highway. In accordance with Baladandi, the altercation occurred when these participating within the procession stopped close to a dargah and began dancing. A dispute arose when one other group demanded that the procession transfer forward, resulting in a standoff that was resolved by police.
Later, the devotees’ group concerned within the procession protested in entrance of Nagamangala police station, accusing police of “obstructing” their procession. Police allowed the procession to proceed, however two teams all of a sudden began throwing stones at one another. The state of affairs turned worse when arsonists allegedly began concentrating on outlets, 25 in all, and broken eight bikes, two automobiles and as many autorickshaws.
An SI sustained minor accidents, and the residence of former MLA and JDS chief Suresh Gowda was broken within the incident.
In the meantime, police are dealing with allegations of negligence for permitting a procession to move by means of a delicate space, regardless of a earlier conflict, in 2023. Police’s alleged failure to be taught from previous has come beneath scrutiny. A senior officer denied granting permission for the procession to go close to the mosque. Nevertheless, the members within the procession took a U-turn close to Mysuru Highway and approached the mosque, resulting in the following occasions, sources stated.
