New Delhi: Fifteen people were detained on Tuesday, March 14, in Karnataka’s Haveri district after participants in a procession by Hindu outfits pelted stones at a mosque and homes of members of the Muslim community, according to reports.Hindu outfits took out a bike rally with a statue of Sangolli Rayanna – a 19th-century military leader who fought against the East India Company – on Tuesday, according to India Today. “When the procession crossed a Muslim neighbourhood, a few miscreants pelted stones at houses and a mosque,” the report added.Haveri superintendent of police (SP) Shivakumar said in a video statement that around 100 people took a detour from the rally and pelted stones at the mosque and Muslim homes.Stone pelted a mosque, few homes & vehicles in Haveri’s Rattihalli. Cops have confirmed that a group of about 100 people took a detour from the rally they were part of & indulged in the stone pelting, about 15 arrested and investigation is on.Dr Shivakumar, SP Haveri 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/2FUdwctbkV— Deepak Bopanna (@dpkBopanna) March 14, 2023“There was police deployment during the procession and immediately the situation was brought under control,” Shivakumar said, according to India Today. He said that on March 9, a similar rally was “disrupted by a few members of the Muslim community”, which may “have triggered the people”.Since police officers were deployed during the procession, those who engaged in stone pelting would be identified, he added.
