The Srirangapatna police in Mandya district on Sunday booked seven police personnel, together with a circle inspector, for allegedly threatening a pro-Hindu employee and outraging his spiritual emotions.
The case was registered after the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal staff staged a protest onSaturdayalleging that police threatened the pro-Hindu employee in custody.
On December 4, pro-Hindu staff held the Hanuma Sankeerthana yatra in Srirangapatna demanding that the Jamia masjid, which is situated contained in the fort within the city, be handed over to them. Hindu outfits declare {that a} Hanuman temple stood instead of the mosque initially and was partially razed by 18th Century ruler Tipu Sultan to assemble the mosque.
Throughout the procession, a youth allegedly eliminated a inexperienced spiritual flag from a home and put in a saffron flag, mentioned deputy Superintendent of Police Sandesh Kumar.
After the incident, the police instantly eliminated the flag and primarily based on a criticism by the proprietor of the home, registered a case in opposition to the youth. On Friday evening, police picked him up from his residence and later despatched him residence on station bail, in line with Kumar.
After he was launched, the youth alleged that in enquiry on the police station, officers threatened to cut him into items.
On Saturday, a whole bunch of VHP and Bajrang Dal staff staged a protest close to Jamia masjid demanding the suspension of the policemen who allegedly threatened the pro-Hindu employee.
Later, Mandya Superintendent of police (SP) N Yetish visited the spot and held discussions with the protesters however refused to e book a case in opposition to policemen.
Nonetheless, police later registered the case in opposition to the seven personnel because the protests mounted.
“A case has been registered in opposition to seven police personnel, together with circle inspector Prakash. Now, the state of affairs is peaceable, however now we have deployed extra policemen to forestall any type of untoward incident,” Kumar mentioned on Sunday.
In response to Kumar, the seven have been booked underneath IPC sections 323(inflicting harm), 504 (deliberately insult and provocating), 448(trespass ), and 295A (intention of outraging the spiritual emotions).
“We’ll conduct an neutral probe into the incident and take applicable motion in opposition to the accused if discovered responsible,” Kumar added.