Police did lathi charge, Section 144 implemented in the city

Shivamogga (Karnataka). A dispute between two groups over the placement of posters of Hindutva icons Vinayak Damodar Savarkar and Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan on the local Amir Ahmed circle in Karnataka’s Shivamogga has created tension in the area, forcing the authorities to enforce prohibitory orders. has to happen. The police gave this information on Monday. In view of the 76th Independence Day celebrations, one group had tried to tie Savarkar’s poster on the top of an electric pole at the Amir Ahmed circle, to which another group objected. Another group wanted to put up a poster of Tipu Sultan there.

Police sources said that an attempt was made allegedly by some people to alter or damage the poster, leading to a tense situation in the area as people from both sides had gathered there in large numbers. The police had to resort to mild lathi charge to control the situation and disperse the crowd. The officials have put up the national tricolor at the place where both the groups wanted to put up the posters.

The Bharatiya Janata Party and other Hindu groups protested and demanded that they be allowed to put up posters of Savarkar and that action be taken against another group for insulting his ideal. Authorities have deployed additional forces in the area and claimed to have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in the entire city.