The election animosity turned ugly in Bhaktarahalli on Sunday night, when JD(S) and Congress party workers clashed and about 10 of them were injured severely and property was destroyed.

Both the parties used petrol bombs, pepper power to fight each other and even threw stones.

D N Naragaj, Channe Gowda, Muniraju, Majunath, Shubhakar, Narayanswamy from the JD(S) and Keshavamurthy, Manjunath, Keshava, Munikrishna, Byre Reddy from the Congress party were severely injured in the fight.
Shidalghatta Circle inspector Sampat Kumar rushed to the spot and managed to bring the situation under control but tension prevailed in the region.

JD(S) protest

However the JD(S) party workers camped outside the police station alleging that the cops had sided with the Congress party workers. Among those who  were part of the protest included the JD(S) party candidate M Rajanna and Panchakshara Reddy.

It was only after the police assured that their compliant would be filed and investigations would be conducted in a free and fair manner did the protesters withdraw from the premises.

However the Congress party workers camped outside the Circle Inspector’s office in the morning protesting that the cops had failed to provide security for its workers.

They submitted a letter to the officials asking for adequate protection during the polling and then withdrew the protest.