Tension prevailed in Harkanchi village of Kamalapur taluk in Kalaburagi district after a Dalit man was beaten up by a group of people on Thursday night.
As villagers gathered to participate in the Sandal rituals of Mehboob Subhani Dargah, a group of people, led by Shankar Naikodi and Manikappa Naikodi, who were in an inebriated condition, scolded Jagadevappa Kotnoor for unknown reasons.
The quarrel flared up again when the victim, Jagadevapa Kotnoor, reached Shankar Naikodi and Manikappa Naikodi’s house to bring the incident to the notice of their parents.
