<p>Kolar: Dalit activist and writer Kotiganahalli Ramaiah and his son Meghavarsha were assaulted after they requested to reduce the volume of the sound amplifier installed in a temple at Paparajanahalli of Terahallibetta in Kolar on Thursday.</p><p>Superintendent of Police M Narayana told DH that two persons by name Manjunath and Govindappa have been arrested in connection with the incident. </p><p>Meghavarsha said that sound blares out from the amplifier at the temple for two hours every day.</p>.<p><strong>‘Problem for over a year’</strong></p><p>“This has been the problem for over a year. Since there are boulders atop the hill, the sound echoes. We requested several times to reduce the volume, but to no avail,” he said.</p><p>He said that on Thursday morning also, he and his father went to the temple, requesting the persons there to reduce the volume.</p><p>“A group of 4-5 people pushed my father and punched near his eye. They attempted to attack me with a stone. Later, they came near our house and picked a quarrel and threatened us that we cannot live on the hill,” he said.</p>.8-year-old Dalit beaten for touching upper caste man's bucket in Rajasthan.<p>Ramaiah has suffered injury on his left eye and he is out of danger.</p><p>Deputy Commissioner Akram Pasha, SP M Narayana, Dalit and farmer activists visited him at the hospital.</p><p>Kolar Rural police have registered a case.</p>
<p>Kolar: Dalit activist and writer Kotiganahalli Ramaiah and his son Meghavarsha were assaulted after they requested to reduce the volume of the sound amplifier installed in a temple at Paparajanahalli of Terahallibetta in Kolar on Thursday.</p><p>Superintendent of Police M Narayana told DH that two persons by name Manjunath and Govindappa have been arrested in connection with the incident. </p><p>Meghavarsha said that sound blares out from the amplifier at the temple for two hours every day.</p>.<p><strong>‘Problem for over a year’</strong></p><p>“This has been the problem for over a year. Since there are boulders atop the hill, the sound echoes. We requested several times to reduce the volume, but to no avail,” he said.</p><p>He said that on Thursday morning also, he and his father went to the temple, requesting the persons there to reduce the volume.</p><p>“A group of 4-5 people pushed my father and punched near his eye. They attempted to attack me with a stone. Later, they came near our house and picked a quarrel and threatened us that we cannot live on the hill,” he said.</p>.8-year-old Dalit beaten for touching upper caste man's bucket in Rajasthan.<p>Ramaiah has suffered injury on his left eye and he is out of danger.</p><p>Deputy Commissioner Akram Pasha, SP M Narayana, Dalit and farmer activists visited him at the hospital.</p><p>Kolar Rural police have registered a case.</p>