7 held for desecrating Shivaji statue in Karnataka
BENGALURU:
Seven people, who allegedly defaced the statue of Maratha ruler Chhatrapati Shivaji here with black ink have been arrested, police said on Sunday.
Based on a complaint lodged on Friday, the police launched a manhunt and nabbed the prime accused along with six others.
The miscreants were apparently upset with the demand of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti, a regional outfit fighting for the merger of Belagavi into the western state.
ಇದನ್ನೂ ಓದಿ: ಶಿವಾಜಿ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗೆ ಮಸಿ ಬಳಿದ ಏಳು ಜನರನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಪೊಲೀಸರು
The accused have been charged with creating enmity between communities and conspiracy.
The alleged desecration of Shivaji Maharaj’s statue caused a snowball effect with vandals targeting the statue of freedom fighter Sangolli Rayanna in Belagavi following which Karnataka and Maharashtra locked horns yet again on Saturday.
While Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai condemned the untoward incidents and ordered action against culprits, his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray had demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to stop ”Kannada atrocities” and the ”pervert mindset.”
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