Police detain group of youths for hurting religious sentiments

Rural Police detained a group of youths on charges of hurting the religious sentiments by raising slogans in favour of Eid-Milad festival near Aghoreshwara temple at Ikkeri village in the taluk on Tuesday evening.

Villagers lodged a complaint at Rural police station alleging that a group of youths who came in an autorickshaw raised slogans in favour of Eid-Milad festival when puja was going on in the temple. Following it, police seized two autorickshaws and detained them for interrogation.