KG Halli Is On Fire | 2 People Died in Police Firing,Violence Breaks Out In East Bengaluru
Keywords:Violence has broken out in East Bengaluru, especially KG Halli, DJ Halli and Pulakeshi Nagar, after a Facebook post by a relative of Congress legislator Akhanda Srinivas Murthy reportedlyinsulting Prophet Mohammed created outrage
Miscreants attack MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy residence in Bengaluru | East Bangalore Is on Fire
Violence broke out in Pulakeshinagar after an angry mob who were disrupted over a derogatory post uploaded on social media insulting Prophet Mohammed by a relative of MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy on Tuesday night went on a rampage.
The mob gathered outside the MLA’s house and burnt down the vehicles parked outside his house in Kaval Byrasandra. The post is said to have triggered communal violence in East Bengaluru.
According to police, a crowd of almost a thousand people gathered in front of the KG Halli police station demanding that the relative named Naveen be arrested. Hundreds also gathered outside the MLA’s house and protested. Vehicles parked outside the MLA’s house were torched. According to reports, the protesters did not allow fire engines to enter the street and to douse the fire
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Miscreants attack MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy residence in Bengaluru | East Bangalore Is on Fire
Meanwhile, another group arrived at KG Halli police station to file a complaint but alleged that the police refused to file a complaint immediately. The situation quickly escalated after an under-construction house of the MLA adjoining to current residence was damaged around 8.30 pm. Around 25 minutes later, a much larger mob gathered outside the KG Halli police station and started raising slogans, pelting stones and even torching vehicles. DCP East Bhimashankar Guled’s official car too was attacked with stones and sticks. At DJ Halli, a police vehicle was set ablaze.
By 10.30 pm, reinforcement of police personnel from adjoining police stations arrived in two buses. Shots are being fired by the police in an attempt to disperse the crowd. The police force outside the police station has been unable to make their way through the crowd and enter the station. Eyewitnesses claim that for at least an initial 10 minutes, the police either remained mute spectators or used very little force to handle the crowd even as the violence escalated. Even post-midnight, the police force has been largely outnumbered, cornered outside the KG Halli police station.
Scenes outside DJ Halli Police Station. pic.twitter.com/k33M9ZQoJv
— Bangalore Mirror (@BangaloreMirror) August 11, 2020
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