A bullet was fired in the air at Yaragol, a border village in Gurmatkal taluk of district to welcome Union Minister of State for Renewable Energy, Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagawanth Khuba as part of Jan Ashirwad Yatra.
A complaint in this regard has been registered at Yadgir rural police station.
The incident took place in the presence of thousands of BJP workers led by former minister Baburao Chinchanasur. Despite a ban on organising the political programmes in the wake of Covid-19, thousands of BJP workers assembled in the village to welcome the new union minister, violating the Covid-19 appropriate behavior.
It is stated that former minister Baburao Chinchansur was present while firing a bullet in the air as the village comes under his assembly segment-Gurmatkal.
Published 18 August 2021, 10:50 IST