Aland police have filed four First Information Reports (FIRs) with regard to the violence on March 1 at Aland in Kalaburagi district over the controversial ‘purification puja’ to a Shivalinga allegedly located in Ladle Mashak Dargah.
Superintendent of Police Isha Pant and Circle Inspector of Police (Aland) Manjunath S. told The Hindu that no member of any right-wing organisation has been named in the FIRs.
The police have also taken 167 persons into custody for questioning.