Mandya Rural police have filed an FIR against Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar for allegedly throwing money, while standing on a truck, towards the crowd during Praja Dhwani Yatra in Mandya district.
The Congress had organised a roadshow as part of the Praja Dhwani Yatra in Srirangapatna taluk, on March 28. artistes of folk art troupe sought money from Shivakumar. The KPCC president, who was standing on a truck, could not reach them and threw the notes of Rs 500 denomination on them.
Just a day before the announcement of the Karnataka elections 2023 date, the video clip of the incident went gone viral on social media. The election officer had filed a case at JMFC Court. As per the court’s directions, the Mandya Rural police registered an FIR on April 2.
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