Chamarajanagar: A 22-yr-outdated youth was taken into Police custody after he allegedly smeared cow dung on a poster of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and broken lights put in round it at Masanapura village in Yalandur taluk on Sunday.
The accused Chandru, a resident of the village, was allegedly caught by villagers, who tied him to an electrical pole, garlanded him with slippers and assaulted him earlier than Police intervened.
In line with villagers, the incident occurred round 4 am yesterday when Chandru allegedly defaced the Ambedkar poster put in on the street connecting Masanapura and Chatipura villages and broken the lights mounted close to it.
On studying of the incident, villagers reportedly caught Chandru and subjected him to public humiliation and assault.
Superintendent of Police M. Muthuraju and officers of the Yalandur Police Station rushed to the spot, gathered info from residents and took the accused into custody.
The incident triggered rigidity in the village, with residents blocking the Yalandur-Chamarajanagar Highway and staging a protest. Folks from neighbouring villages additionally arrived in massive numbers, prompting Police to step up safety and crowd-management measures.
The protesting villagers demanded stringent motion in opposition to the accused and sought his banishment from the village. A number of elected representatives visited Masanapura, condemned the alleged desecration of the Ambedkar poster and urged the authorities to take applicable authorized motion.
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