09-14-2008, 09:41 PM
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TUMKUR: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 were clamped in Gandhinagar area of Tiptur town in Tumkur district on Saturday midnight following clashes.
At least 50 civilians and 10 policemen, including Tiptur Circle Inspector C.C. Patil were injured. Eight shops of people of a particular community were torched on the Gandhinagar Main Road. Many vehicles were burnt. Trouble began, according to police, when the Ganesh Utsav approached the Gandhinagar Masjid. It was alleged that some miscreants pelted stones and the devotees retaliated.
The police resorted to lathi-charge to bring the situation under control.
â Staff Correspondent
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DH News Service, Haveri:Â
One person was killed and six were seriously injured in a clash that broke out over a trivial issue and later took communal turn at Kanavali Village in Haveri district on Friday night.
More than 150 persons were arrested on Saturday in connection with the violence involving dalits and Muslims. Police stated that the situation in the village was under control, but still tense. Platoons of and KSRP and DAR police have been stationed in the village.
The war of words during the school sports meet in the village on Friday led to clashes in which one Hanumantappa Shivappa Sottappannavar (60) was killed. When one of the schools did well in the sports meet, the other group objected. A truce was brokered in the evening. But a fresh trouble started on Friday night over the same issue, leading to violence.
In the violencet, four houses were set on fire, four grocery shops were looted andnearly 200 houses in the dalit colony was destroyed. Fearing attacks on them, the dalits from the village fled their houses and hid themselves in the nearby fields throughout the night.
IGP visit
Inspector General of Police (North) Ragavendra Auradkar, Deputy Commissioner P S Vastrad, Superintendent of Police Vikas Kumar, and Dr Ambedkar Development Corporation Chairman and MLA Nehru Olekar visited the village on Saturday and consoled the dalit families.
Mr Auradkar assured the dalits that police security would be provided to them until they felt safe. Mr Olekar promised them that he would try to get them compensation from the government for their rehabilitation as most of their household things had been destroyed.
Meanwhile, the Social Welfare Department has announced Rs one lakh for the family of Hanumantapp. Also, Rs 25,000 each compensation has been announced for the seriously injured, and Rs 10,000 to those who suffered minor injuries. The funeral of Hanumanthappa was held amidst tight police security on Saturday.
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TUMKUR: Prohibitory orders under Section 144 were clamped in Gandhinagar area of Tiptur town in Tumkur district on Saturday midnight following clashes.
At least 50 civilians and 10 policemen, including Tiptur Circle Inspector C.C. Patil were injured. Eight shops of people of a particular community were torched on the Gandhinagar Main Road. Many vehicles were burnt. Trouble began, according to police, when the Ganesh Utsav approached the Gandhinagar Masjid. It was alleged that some miscreants pelted stones and the devotees retaliated.
The police resorted to lathi-charge to bring the situation under control.
â Staff Correspondent
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Group clash: 1 killed, 6 injured
DH News Service, Haveri:Â
One person was killed and six were seriously injured in a clash that broke out over a trivial issue and later took communal turn at Kanavali Village in Haveri district on Friday night.
More than 150 persons were arrested on Saturday in connection with the violence involving dalits and Muslims. Police stated that the situation in the village was under control, but still tense. Platoons of and KSRP and DAR police have been stationed in the village.
The war of words during the school sports meet in the village on Friday led to clashes in which one Hanumantappa Shivappa Sottappannavar (60) was killed. When one of the schools did well in the sports meet, the other group objected. A truce was brokered in the evening. But a fresh trouble started on Friday night over the same issue, leading to violence.
In the violencet, four houses were set on fire, four grocery shops were looted andnearly 200 houses in the dalit colony was destroyed. Fearing attacks on them, the dalits from the village fled their houses and hid themselves in the nearby fields throughout the night.
IGP visit
Inspector General of Police (North) Ragavendra Auradkar, Deputy Commissioner P S Vastrad, Superintendent of Police Vikas Kumar, and Dr Ambedkar Development Corporation Chairman and MLA Nehru Olekar visited the village on Saturday and consoled the dalit families.
Mr Auradkar assured the dalits that police security would be provided to them until they felt safe. Mr Olekar promised them that he would try to get them compensation from the government for their rehabilitation as most of their household things had been destroyed.
Meanwhile, the Social Welfare Department has announced Rs one lakh for the family of Hanumantapp. Also, Rs 25,000 each compensation has been announced for the seriously injured, and Rs 10,000 to those who suffered minor injuries. The funeral of Hanumanthappa was held amidst tight police security on Saturday.
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