Veer Savarkar flex row: Karnataka Police shoot accused in leg, tension prevails

The Karnataka Police shot the main accused in the case of stabbing of two persons following the row over removal of Veer Savarkars flex from a circle of Shivamogga cityThe police action happened late Monday night when the accused tried to attack the policemen and was shot in the leg and put under arrestThe flex of Veer Savarkar was put up as part of the celebration of the 75th year of Independence The main accused who had been shot at during the police action has been identified as Zabiulla a resident of Marnamibail in Shivamogga The police have detained more than 10 persons so far in connection with the incidentA special police team after gathering definite inputs had zeroed in on the main accused Zabiulla When the police went to arrest him the accused allegedly tried to attack them and he was shot in leg by the police inspector Manjunath Kuri police sources saidAlso readProhibitory orders in Shivamogga city over Savarkar and Tipu Sultan flex rowThe police arrested and shifted him to the Meggan hospital Later after the treatment Zabiulla was transferred to the jail ward of the hospitalAccording to police the main accused was zeroed in after the arrest of Nadeem 25 a resident of JC Nagara and Abdul Rehman 25 a resident of BudhanagarAdditional DGP Alok Kumar had stated that the political connection or association with any organisation by the accused will have to be ascertained He further stated that apart from lodging cases a decision will be taken to attach the properties of the accused after discussing with the district commissionerProhibitory orders have been clamped in the Shivamogga city till August 18 and security has been tightened The police department has sent 15 platoons of reserve police and six more platoons will be addedOne Superintendent of Police SP three additional SPs three DySPs from the Criminal Investigation Department CID and 10 inspectors have been deputed to Shivamogga district additionally to monitor the law and order situationThe police have identified the main accused persons and are confident of arresting them soon Zabiulla with others had stabbed Prem Singh who was standing before his house and then escaped police saidMeanwhile the Kuvempu University of Shivamogga has declared a holiday for the colleges and postponed exams for post graduation courses The schools and colleges are also closed down in the neighbouring town of BhadravathiTwo incidents of stabbing of youth were reported on Monday in the violence that broke out after the removal of Veer Savarkars flex from a circle in Shivamogga city by a group of people The group had also attempted to install a flex of Tipu Sultan in its place20yearold Prem Singh was standing before his house when he was targeted by the miscreants He has been admitted to the Meggan hospital in Shivamogga27yearold Praveen a shop owner in the Gandhi Bazar area was closing his shop and returning home when the miscreants stabbed him and disappearedAccording to police Veer Sawarkars flex was installed at the Amir Ahmad Circle in Shivamogga city and the whole junction was decorated as part of celebration of the 75th year of the Independence Day However a few youths objected to it and took away the flex of Savarkar They attempted to put up Tipu Sultans flex in its place leading to violence and stabbingThe city witnessed a largescale violence after the murder of Bajrang Dal activist Harsha and authorities had clamped prohibitory orders for more than 10 days to bring back normalcy Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa hails from Shivamogga and the district is considered as a bastion of BJPThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever