Tension in karnataka - Section 144 imposed...
fter a clash between two groups in Shivamogga, karnataka, the police had to lathi-charge. Section 144 has been imposed in Shivamogga city to keep the situation under control. According to the report, this ruckus took place over Tipu sultan vs Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Both sides wanted to put pictures according to their own, about which the dispute escalated so much that the clash started. In the end, the police had to use mild force.
It was told that Hinduist organizations put a picture of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar on the Amir ahmed circle of Shivamogga city. After some time, some Muslim youths reached there with the flag of Tipu sultan army. These youths tried to remove the picture of Savarkar. There was a heated argument between Hindu and Muslim youths regarding this. The police present on the spot first drove the Muslim youths from there, after which the picture of Savarkar at the crossroads was also removed from there.
Police removed the picture, uproar
In protest against the removal of Savarkar's picture, people of Hindu organization started protesting sitting on the road itself. In view of the tension in the area, the police imposed Section 144 in Shivamogga town with immediate effect and heavy police force has been deployed in the area.
