SHIVAMOGGA: At least 20 people were injured on Monday and around 50 vehicles were torched during the funeral procession of one. Bajrang Dali The worker who was murdered on Sunday. The police had to lathi-charge and use tear gas shells. injunction was planted in shivamoga – About 270 km from Bangalore.
Harsh, 28, was stabbed to death by a group of people who were going to have dinner at Bharathi Colony near New Teerthahalli Road here on Sunday night. He died during treatment. A day later, the police arrested three people — Khasif, and Syed Nadeem — from Shivamogga and another from Bengaluru.
Police sources said Joy For the last five years, Bajrang was an active member of the Dal and worked for a courier delivery agency. He said that he was allegedly attacked in the past for hate posts on social media.
Police also suspect that her recent derogatory posts on social media related to the hijab protest may have offended some.
Images of Harsha in a saffron dupatta protesting at the Sahyadri College in Shivamogga, embroiled in the hijab controversy, were shared on their social media pages after her murder.
There were reports of sporadic violence on Sunday night soon after Harsha’s murder, but the police were able to control it. However, trouble started around 11.30 am on Monday when the funeral procession started from McGann Hospital to Rotary Cemetery in Vidyanagar after the postmortem.
Defying prohibitory orders, an estimated 1,000-strong mourners began violence when the procession was passing through Segahatti, where Harsha lived. They damaged shops, hotels and private vehicles parked on Azad Nagar and New Teerthahalli Road.
Vegetable and fruit stalls were also vandalized in some areas, and tires were set on fire despite heavy police force being deployed to douse the flames. Even media persons and their vehicles were not spared.
Educational institutions, government offices, shops, commercial establishments, malls, petrol bunks and markets remained closed throughout the day. The state government has deployed around 1,200 policemen from different districts in Shivamogga.
The Home Department has deputed senior officers to monitor the situation and a platoon of Rapid Action Force has also been called from Chennai. Shivamogga district minister KS Eshwarappa said he would urge the CM Basavaraj Bommai To hand over the murder investigation to the National Investigation Agency.
Harsh, 28, was stabbed to death by a group of people who were going to have dinner at Bharathi Colony near New Teerthahalli Road here on Sunday night. He died during treatment. A day later, the police arrested three people — Khasif, and Syed Nadeem — from Shivamogga and another from Bengaluru.
Police sources said Joy For the last five years, Bajrang was an active member of the Dal and worked for a courier delivery agency. He said that he was allegedly attacked in the past for hate posts on social media.
Police also suspect that her recent derogatory posts on social media related to the hijab protest may have offended some.
Images of Harsha in a saffron dupatta protesting at the Sahyadri College in Shivamogga, embroiled in the hijab controversy, were shared on their social media pages after her murder.
There were reports of sporadic violence on Sunday night soon after Harsha’s murder, but the police were able to control it. However, trouble started around 11.30 am on Monday when the funeral procession started from McGann Hospital to Rotary Cemetery in Vidyanagar after the postmortem.
Defying prohibitory orders, an estimated 1,000-strong mourners began violence when the procession was passing through Segahatti, where Harsha lived. They damaged shops, hotels and private vehicles parked on Azad Nagar and New Teerthahalli Road.
Vegetable and fruit stalls were also vandalized in some areas, and tires were set on fire despite heavy police force being deployed to douse the flames. Even media persons and their vehicles were not spared.
Educational institutions, government offices, shops, commercial establishments, malls, petrol bunks and markets remained closed throughout the day. The state government has deployed around 1,200 policemen from different districts in Shivamogga.
The Home Department has deputed senior officers to monitor the situation and a platoon of Rapid Action Force has also been called from Chennai. Shivamogga district minister KS Eshwarappa said he would urge the CM Basavaraj Bommai To hand over the murder investigation to the National Investigation Agency.
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