Karnataka police and authorities automobiles have been attacked by a bunch of vandals in Belagavi after midnight on Friday because of a collection of retaliatory clashes final week between Kannada and Marathi language militants within the Belagavi area and elements of Karnataka and Maharashtra. Due to which curfew was imposed. in Belagavi metropolis on Saturday to forestall additional incidents.
A statue of Sangoli Rayanna, a famous Kannada warrior and freedom fighter, was broken, a police car was torched and a number of other automobiles of the Karnataka authorities have been pelted with stones in a quick spate of violence in Belagavi city within the early hours of Saturday. No one was reported to be injured.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday stated that “some arrests” have been made, “Our DGP will discuss to his counterpart in Maharashtra concerning the security of Kannadigas and assaults on buses and personal automobiles from Karnataka. Our Home Minister will converse to his Maharashtra counterpart. Will take up this challenge with him.If needed, I’ll discuss to the CM of Maharashtra.
On the alleged desecration of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Bengaluru, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, in an announcement, sought the quick intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Karnataka authorities on the problem to cease “Kannada atrocities”. instructed to present directions. Immediate motion in opposition to these concerned within the incident.
Shiv Sena employees stage a sit-in exterior the BJP workplace at Nariman Point in Mumbai.
The violence in Belagavi got here after the winter session of the Karnataka Assembly – happening in Belagavi since December 13 – closed for the weekend on Friday.
On Saturday, the Belagavi metropolis police commissioner’s workplace stated in a launch, “In view of the night activities in Belagavi city, prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC are in force for Belagavi Police Commissionerate area from 8 am on Saturday to 6 pm on Sunday.” Including Belagavi. Taluka.”
Four separate instances have been registered over the violence, which was going below the floor since December 13, when the Maharashtra Integration Sangh (MES), an area pro-Marathi political occasion, was prevented from holding a Maha Melava rally exterior the meeting web site. was stopped.
A rally has been organized exterior the identical place up to now by MES to demand integration of Marathi areas of Belagavi with Maharashtra. On 13 December, the Belagavi district administration revoked permission for the rally fearing clashes between pro-Marathi and pro-Kannada activists.
Even after its cancellation, some MES employees gathered on the venue and obtained right into a confrontation with Kannada activists from Karnataka. Pro-Kannada activists allegedly threw black ink on two MES leaders. Three individuals have been arrested in reference to the incident.
Shiv Sena chief Vijay Devani from Maharashtra’s Kolhapur, who was touring to take part within the MES rally, was despatched again by the Belagavi Police on the grounds that the rally was cancelled.
The MES, which had earlier gained seats within the Karnataka Assembly, later referred to as for a Belagavi bandh on December 14. The bandh name acquired solely a partial response in Maharashtrian-dominated areas of town.
The Karnataka flag was reportedly burnt within the protests in Kolhapur in the course of the time of pressure and the problem was raised within the Karnataka Assembly by JD(S) MLA M Annadani, who moved a movement of condemnation. The House accepted the condemnation movement.
Later, pro-Marathi activists allegedly broken a statue of Kannada warrior Sangoli Rayanna in Angol in South Belagavi on Friday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
