A day after Janata Dal (Secular) workers attacked the car in which former Minister and BJP MLC C.P. Yogeshwar was travelling, Channapatna Rural police have booked cases against 14 JD(S) workers on the charge of hurling stones and eggs at the former Minister even as Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said details were being collected about the incident.
The police action came after the MLC’s driver Venkatesh filed a police complaint and a FIR under section 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been filed, the police said.
On Sunday, Mr. Bommai said that details about the Channapatna incident have been collected, and everyone must follow rules and protocol in government functions and programmes. “There is no place for violence here. What is important is that the grants must reach people more than the prestige,” he told reporters in Bengaluru.
