<p>Police have registered an FIR against a former BJP corporator and 10 others for assaulting Congress workers and snatching their mobile phones during an election campaign in northern Bengaluru's Yeshwantpur on Saturday evening. </p>.<p>Police booked former Yeshwantpur corporator Venkatesh G K and 10 others under IPC sections related to assault or use of criminal force on women with intent to disrobe, wrongful restraint, unlawful assembly, robbery and voluntarily causing hurt. </p>.<p>Chandrappa Jigale, a Congress worker from Laggere, told the police that Venkatesh and his associates heckled and abused them as they went door to door distributing pamphlets at 7th Cross, Yeshwantpur. </p>.<p>Jigale said the group hit him on the head and the back, and squeezed his neck. Congress workers were also slapped, and Jigale's two mobile phones and a gold chain were snatched, he stated. </p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/pre-poll-overdrive-leaves-security-personnel-stressed-1216630.html" target="_blank">Pre-poll overdrive leaves security personnel stressed</a></strong></p>.<p>Jigale accused the police and election officials of silently watching as the BJP workers beat them up. </p>.<p>Jigale called up Kusuma Hanumantharayappa, the Congress candidate for RR Nagar. Kusuma later led a flash protest by Congress workers outside the Yeshwantpur police station. Police caned the protesters when the crowd swelled. </p>.<p>Police sources said three of the suspects named in the FIR claimed they were "attacked" by Congress workers and had been hospitalised. They will likely file a counter-complaint. </p>.<p>D Devaraja, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), said some suspects had been summoned for questioning. Any further action will be taken only after they are questioned, he added. </p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/karnataka-assembly-elections-2023" target="_blank">Check latest updates on Karnataka elections here</a></strong></p>
<p>Police have registered an FIR against a former BJP corporator and 10 others for assaulting Congress workers and snatching their mobile phones during an election campaign in northern Bengaluru's Yeshwantpur on Saturday evening. </p>.<p>Police booked former Yeshwantpur corporator Venkatesh G K and 10 others under IPC sections related to assault or use of criminal force on women with intent to disrobe, wrongful restraint, unlawful assembly, robbery and voluntarily causing hurt. </p>.<p>Chandrappa Jigale, a Congress worker from Laggere, told the police that Venkatesh and his associates heckled and abused them as they went door to door distributing pamphlets at 7th Cross, Yeshwantpur. </p>.<p>Jigale said the group hit him on the head and the back, and squeezed his neck. Congress workers were also slapped, and Jigale's two mobile phones and a gold chain were snatched, he stated. </p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/city/top-bengaluru-stories/pre-poll-overdrive-leaves-security-personnel-stressed-1216630.html" target="_blank">Pre-poll overdrive leaves security personnel stressed</a></strong></p>.<p>Jigale accused the police and election officials of silently watching as the BJP workers beat them up. </p>.<p>Jigale called up Kusuma Hanumantharayappa, the Congress candidate for RR Nagar. Kusuma later led a flash protest by Congress workers outside the Yeshwantpur police station. Police caned the protesters when the crowd swelled. </p>.<p>Police sources said three of the suspects named in the FIR claimed they were "attacked" by Congress workers and had been hospitalised. They will likely file a counter-complaint. </p>.<p>D Devaraja, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), said some suspects had been summoned for questioning. Any further action will be taken only after they are questioned, he added. </p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/karnataka-assembly-elections-2023" target="_blank">Check latest updates on Karnataka elections here</a></strong></p>
