Kalladka assault: Police have hidden the truth, says RSS leader

'District needs 'courageous' SP to deal with such situations'

The police have hidden facts related to the May 26 Kalladka incident where it was reported that three Hindu youth had assaulted three Muslim youths and stabbed one.

RSS leader Prabhakar Bhat Kalladka, who spoke to reporters in a hurriedly conveyed press conference here on Sunday, alleged that the main reason for assault on three Muslim youths was that a group of Muslim youths had assaulted a Hindu youth Yathin. The May 26 incident was only a retaliation.

“Is it wrong to retaliate when someone assaults someone,” he sought to know and justified the action of the Hindu youth who assaulted the three Muslim youths.

Supporting the Hindu youth who assaulted the Muslim youths, he said that the former had only reacted to the latter’s action. He also demanded a CID or COD probe into the incident so that the truth comes to fore.

To a query on why Yathin did not file any case or complaint that he was assaulted, Bhat said that there are some cases against Yathin too and he is scared of police. “Efforts to search Yathin went in vain,” he said and added that if Yathin was found, he may be convinced to register a complaint.

Bhat also termed the incident as of purely personal rivalry and nothing to do with communal violence, as claimed by some people.

Stating that the police have highlighted only the assault on the Muslim youths and downplayed the original incident, Bhat sought the appointment of a ‘courageous’ superintendent of police to tackle such situations in the district and termed the present SP as too mild.

The police are well aware of all the incidents that happened in Kalladka. Clamping of Section 144 in Bantwal was uncalled for, he said and flayed District In-charge Minister Ramanath Rai for supporting only Muslims and neglecting Hindus, although Hindus too have voted for him.

Former MLA Padmanabh Kottari and Bajrang Dal leader Sharan Pumpwell were present.