The Kolar Rural police have arrested two persons on charges of allegedly assaulting writer and activist Kotiganahalli Ramaiah and his son over the use of a loudspeaker at a shrine at Paparajanahalli in Kolar district on Thursday. The accused, identified as Manjunath aka Muniyappa and Govindappa aka Krishnappa, have been sent to judicial custody.
According to the police, Mr. Ramaiah and his son Meghavarsha requested the management of Muneshwara temple at Paparajanahalli to keep the volume down of the loudspeaker low as it was disturbing them in the morning and evening hours.
