Bengaluru (Karnataka): The violence in Bangalure last evening in which 3 person were shot dead in the police firing, was “planned”, Karnataka Minister CT Ravi told the reporters today.
The Minister said that the state would recover the costs of the assets destroyed like Uttar Pradesh which arose after the clash in Bengaluru and the same over the Citizenship Amendment Act earlier.
While the police are out of the ground zero when the violence started and a political battle is on the way between the Ruling Party and the Congress Party. Mr Ravi weighed in his version of events and a warning that the right was planned. Petrol bombs and stones were used in the process of destruction of the properties. Over 300 vehicles were burnt, he told the reporters.
We have the suspects and we will confirm after the ongoing investigation and we will also recover the assets from the rioters like in Uttar Pradesh, the Minister added.
Violence had started at KG Halli and the neighbouring DJ Halli in the eastern part of the city, where the house of the Congress MLA and two police stations were attacked. Around 200 bikes were inside DJ Halli Police Station in the basement were set to fire and the building was also damaged in the violence. Three people were shot dead when the police opened fire to control the mob. Many policemen were injured, the officers said.
The provocation was done by a Facebook post a man closely related to the Congress MLA Mr. Srinivas Murthy. Through the morning, many leaders and the ministers have repeatedly sent out messages of peace.
Curfew has been introduced in the violence-hit areas that have narrow crowded roads and a relatively high Muslim population residents. The leaders from the Muslim-Community met the Police Commissioner Kamal Pant today and told him that the police were slow to act on the complaints about the social media post which found offensive.
The BJP party uses the hashtag #CongressSupportsRiots, claiming that the Congress Party has blamed the police instead of the rioters. The former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the people are trying to portray his statement that both Hindu-Muslim should maintain peace.
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