Demanding a probe by the Special Investigation Team into the case of moral policing and gang rape at Hangal in Haveri district, Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly R. Ashok and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai led a huge protest by BJP in Haveri on Saturday and courted arrest.
Addressing the protesters before the office of the Superintendent of Police in Haveri, Mr. Bommai alleged that ‘jungle raj’ had come up in the State with ‘Taliban’ forces raising their heads.
Mr. Bommai accused the Hangal police of trying to cover up the case. “The police registered a case four days after the gang rape happened, which shows that they are hand-in-glove with the accused. The police have become puppets of the ruling party and joined hands with goondas. There is no fear of law in Haveri district,” he alleged.
