Responding to the violence that erupted in Hubballi late on Saturday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that there was no need to give political colour to the incident but to see it as a case of law and order.
“Police have already arrested some persons in connection with the WhatsApp post in question. But some people made a hue and cry outside the police station and rioted to injure some policemen. There were incidents of stone-pelting in Old Hubballi. Such behaviour is unacceptable,” Mr. Bommai told media representatives in Hosapete, Vijayanagara district, on Sunday morning.
The Chief Minister was in the city to participate in the two-day State Executive meet of his party.
