Shivamogga: 69 nabbed in stone pelting incident, city returns to normalcy

Shivamogga, which witnessed violence during the Eid-e-Milad procession at Ragigudda and Shantinagar areas on October 1, returned to normalcy on Monday.

The district administration, which had imposed the prohibitory orders under Section 144 at Ragigudda extended to the entire city on Monday. The city witnessed an undeclared bandh. Police asked owners to shut down their shops and hotels in the city. 

Police have arrested 60 people from Hindu and Muslim communities in connection with stone pelting. As many as 12 people, including police personnel, sustained injuries in the incident and are undergoing treatment at McGann Hospital.

MP B Y Raghavendra, former minister K S Eshwarappa, and Congress leader H C Yogish met the injured. MLA SN Channabasappa visited the houses at Ragigudda which had been stoned on Sunday and instilled confidence in them.

Amidst tight security, civic workers removed cutouts that had been set up in various parts of Shivamogga after BJP leaders charged that cutouts of Tipu Sultan and Aurangzeb triggered the violence.

They questioned why did the police permit it.