Communal tension prevailed at two places in Karnataka, at Mulbagal in Kolar district in the South and Nuggikeri in Dharwad district in the North, on Saturday. While tension in Mulbagal surrounded the disruption of a Ramanavami procession late on Friday, in Nuggikeri it was over a few non-Hindu vendors being evicted from temple premises.
Prohibitory orders were imposed for three days on Mulbagal after a stone-pelting incident during the Ramanavami procession on Friday.
“The procession was supposed to pass through the circle much earlier, but was delayed due to various reasons. However, someone had switched off the power supply in and around the circle when the procession was passing through. This led to the stone-pelting incident and escalated the situation,” a senior police officer said .
