Shivamogga
Shivamogga district unit of the BJP complained to Deputy Commissioner R. Selvamani against the district police for registering a suo motu case against the party’s youth wing workers, who staged a protest during Education Minister Madhu Bangarappa’s visit to the city.
Shivamogga district BJP president T.D. Megharaj and other leaders met the Deputy Commissioner on Wednesday and submitted their memorandum. They alleged that the police were targeting BJP workers. “Our workers neither assaulted anyone nor damaged public property. But the police filed suo motu case against the workers. The police did not show due respect to the legislators, who visited the police station to inquire about the incident,” he alleged.