Two police personnel identified as Mohith Kumar and Vishwanath also sustained injuries during the incident.
Clash broke out near Kunjathbail junction on Thursday night between the Congress and the BJP members when few miscreants pelted stones at a victory procession of newly elected Congress corporator K Mohammed (Kunjathbail North) in the local civic body elections held last week.
Following the clashes, police arrived at the spot and was compelled to resort to lathi charge to bring the situation under control by dispersing the mob. The incident is said to have occurred around 8 p.m. on Thursday. Police teams kept a tight vigil in the area to prevent any more untoward incidents.
After intervening, the police supposedly took into custody three youths including BJP ex-corporator Sharath Kumar in connection with the clashes and brought them to the police station. It is said that the three were injured during lathi charge by the police and had to be admitted to a hospital.
A sole vegetable stall near Kavoor junction was also torched by unidentified miscreants possibly in connection with the same issue. According to Abbas, the owner of the shop, vegetables worth Rs 40,000 have been damaged. Few shops remained closed on Friday in fear of the same.
Demonstration
Staging a demonstration on Friday, the protestors alleged that Kavoor SI Umesh Kumar and police constable Hariprasad had inflicted injuries on Sharath Kumar, Prashanth and Jay Amin during lathi charge and demanded the suspension of sub-inspector Umesh Kumar within 48 hours.
Another person Pramod was reportedly injured by the same SI Umesh when he protested against arrest of Sharath and others, outside the Kavoor station on Thursday. Umanath Kotian and other leaders held discussions with DCP (Law & Order) M Muthuraya demanding the suspension of SI Umesh Kumar. The gathered protestors stayed put till noon, and dispersed after being promised of action from higher police authorities.
RSS leader Prakash S, Shrikar Prabhu, Sharan Pumpwell, and several others were present during the demonstration.
Protesters' version
Whereas, according to Sharath Kumar, who was admitted to a private hospital after injuries in the lathi charge, the ones who had pelted stones were those who were participating in the victory procession.
“The Congress members were told that they should not drink and celebrate near the pedestal or the 'Katte'. Despite this, one of the climbed on it and began celebrating. Someone threw stones at the Ayyappa mandir near the circle. I requested the police to grant protection to the mandir, but there was no action taken. Instead, the police resorted to lathi charge on three of us and seized our bikes. Later, they took us into custody and brought us to the police station. They (the police) should have given protection to the katte, but failed in doing so. They did not allow me to even register a complaint,” he said, adding that following the incident SI Umesh Kumar inflicted injuries on another fellow mate Pramod when he tried to protest against them.
Pamod had received severe injuries on his head and is currently recuperating in the ICU of the hospital.
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