By TNN
BENGALURU: Communal tension prevailed over the waving of Palestinian flags during Milad-ul-Nabi procession in three Karnataka towns – Chitradurga, Davanagere and Kolar – on Monday even as Mangaluru police arrested six persons for allegedly throwing stones at a mosque near Surathkal in Mangaluru on Sunday night.
Two more arrests in another incident of communal disturbance were made from Bantwal, 25 km from Mangaluru.
The multiple incidents of communal unrest in different parts of the state come days after violence broke out during Ganesha idol-immersion procession in Mandya district’s Nagamangala taluk in which rioters and arsonists targeted vehicles and shops. The situation in the town is normal now.
BJP’s R Ashoka and CT Ravi urged Siddaramaiah govt to refer all communal incidents, including the riots in Nagamangala, to NIA for a comprehensive probe as they suspect involvement of sleeper cells of terror groups and some divisive elements ‘from a neighbouring state’.
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