Seven members of Karnataka Rashtriya Samiti (KRS) party, including its state president Ravikrishna Reddy have been arrested on charges of allegedly misbehaving with the staff members at the revenue office, at Mini Vidhana Soudha in Nagamangala taluk on Wednesday.
It is alleged that around 20 people, all members of the party entered the office without any permission, misbehaved with the staff for not having nameplates and even tried to attack them, at around 11 am on Wednesday.
Tension prevailed for a while, when the public raised objections for their behaviour. However, the police personnel rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
The staff members staged a protest for a while and submitted a complaint to the tahsildar.
Based on the complaint lodged by Tahsildar Ahmed, FIR has been filed against the seven persons. They were produced before the court, after subjecting to health screening.
Published 10 March 2021, 16:47 IST