Four injured in communal clash in Bagalkot district
The Hindu
Prohibitory orders have been clamped to contain the violence in the town
Tension prevailed in the Kerur town in Badami taluk, Bagalkot district after four persons were injured in a group clash near the bus stand on Wednesday night.
At least ten push carts and five vehicles were torched by angry mobs. J.B. Majjigi, Tahsildar, Badami, has clamped prohibitory orders under CrPC 144 from Wednesday night to Friday night. All schools and colleges in the town will remain closed on Thursday and Friday.
Arun Kattimani, Lakshman Kattimani and Chungi Yamanur received stab wounds. Bande Nawaz Gokak received a head injury. All four are admitted to a local hospital and are said to be out of danger.
S. Jayaprakash, Superintendent of Police, and P. Sunil Kumar, Deputy commissioner, visited the town, and the police have taken five persons into custody.
An official release from the Tahsildar office said that a verbal duel between Arun Kattimani and Yasin Pendari turned into an incident of communal violence.
While the police maintain that a street harassment incident involving a woman led to the clash, some others argue that the fight was over a social media post by a woman doctor.
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