Tension in Kalaburagi as group attacks family of accused in Ambedkar statue desecration case
The Hindu
Tension in Kalaburagi village as family of accused in statue desecration case assaulted, leading to protests and arrests.
There was tension for a few hours at Kotnoor (D) village on the outskirts of Kalaburagi on Wednesday morning after a group of people barged on Tuesday night into the house of an accused in a statue desecration case and assaulted his family members.
Accused Sangamesh had been arrested on the charge of desecrating the Ambedkar statue in the village on January 23 and was released on bail on Tuesday.
On Tuesday night, as soon as it came to be known that Sangamesh was released on bail, the assailant group attacked his family members even before he reached his house.
The group assaulted Sangamesh’s brother Anil Kumar, his wife Rajeshwari Anil Kumar, uncle Mahadevappa and mother Thangamma and also smashed a car and damaged motorcycles parked outside the house.
All four are undergoing medical treatment in a private hospital.
On Wednesday morning, the family members of Sangamesh and their supporters staged a protest in the village demanding stringent action against the assailant group for taking the law into its hands.
Kalaburagi MP Umesh Jadhav reached Kotnoor (D) village and joined the protest which went on for more than two hours.
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