The incident is from Gundlupeth of Chamarajanagar.
Bangalore:
A Congress supporter, who was marching for the party’s ‘Bharat Jodi Yatra’ in Karnataka on Saturday, was beaten up by police and his T-shirt was forcibly removed as it said ‘PECM’ – targeting Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai over allegations of corruption Creating Campaign. The man was also arrested and later released on bail.
Mr Bommai is said to be upset with the campaign, which is a play on the name of digital payments app ‘Paytm’. The campaign uses a QR code bearing the chief minister’s image that points to a website called “40% Sarkar”, accusing the Bommai-led BJP government of charging 40 per cent commission on public works.
Last week senior Congress leaders including former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, state unit chief DK Shivakumar, Randeep Singh Surjewala and several MLAs were arrested for pasting posters of ‘PECM’. He faced minor charges including defacement of public property.
Police said the Congress worker – identified as Sindagi’s Akshay Kumar – who was attacked on Friday was accused of spreading unverified claims against the government. He was wearing a T-shirt and a flag bearing the ‘PayCM’ campaign QR code. The incident is from Gundlupeth of Chamarajanagar.
“The atrocities on our worker, who wore ‘PayCM’ T-shirt, is condemnable. Who gave the police the power to take off his T-shirt and attack him? Are they police or goons? Suspended police who attacked Should,” Karnataka Congress said on Twitter along with the video of the incident.
In the video, policemen are seen forcing him to take off his T-shirt while an officer continues to punch him with his knuckles from behind.
According to the police, he was arrested yesterday on the basis of a complaint filed by GS Kiran with the Gundlupet police, alleging that his ‘PayCM’ T-shirt and flag were “misleading people by using the popular app Paytm”. had been” and it had the face of Mr. Bommai, defaming him. and his position.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had last month ordered a probe targeting the ‘PECM’ campaign, slammed the state’s intelligence unit and hit out at the Congress, saying the party was involved in several scams and had been “remembered about corruption”. There is no moral right to talk.” ,