Councillor of Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation Chetan Hirekerur, who was arrested and banished from the district under Goonda Act during the run-up to the Assembly elections, has accused local senior BJP leaders of misusing the police machinery to harass him.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi along with Gurunath Ullikashi and others from the federation of various Dalit organisations and associations of Hubballi Dharwad on Monday, Mr. Hirekerur said that he did not have any case against him that required his arrest under the Goonda Act.
However, senior leaders of the previous BJP government misused the police machinery to arrest him, he said.
