Puttur: Hindu Samajotsava - FIR Against Prabhakar Bhat, 4 Others
Pic: Arun Uppinangady
Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur
Puttur, Jan 24: An FIR has been lodged against RSS leader Dr Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat and four other Sangh Parivar members for allegedly delivering provacative speeches against minority communities during the Hindu Samajotsava in Uppinangady.
Along with Dr Bhat, the FIR has been lodged against Seetharam, Karunakar Suvarna, Kishore Shirady and Sheshapathi Rai.
File photo of Hindu Samajotsava on January 22
The complaint was given by Uppinangady Jumma Masjid president Haji Mustaffa Kempi.
Complaint has also been lodged by the Uppinangady police against activists who took part in the Samajotsava, for pelting stones at SI Sunil Kumar who was discharging his duties near Uppinangady Shenoy Nursing Home junction. A group of around 200 activists had attacked him with stones, it is alleged.
The Hindu Samajotsava was held on Sunday January 22, following which a group clash erupted over alleged provacative speeches by the speakers. Police had to resort to lathi charge to control the mob.