Four persons including the convenor of the Bajrang Dal Savanoor unit, have been admitted to hospital following the clash.
Dhanya Kumar Belandur (26), the Dal office-bearer, has been admitted at the government hospital while Darnappa Gowda, Yateendra Gowda and Monappa Gowda, all linked to BJP, have been admitted to private hospital.
Mr. Kumar on Tuesday speaking to a newspaper said he had been to Kudmaru Chapalya on January 14 midnight following a tip off that cows have been transported on a lorry. “When we way laid the vehicle, we found Darnappa Gowda in the cabin of the truck. He was transporting cattle. When we inquired about the cattle, he hurled abuses and took the vehicle forward,” Mr. Kumar said.
“I received a threatening call from him the next day. I was asked to come to Savanoor under the pretext of compromise. But when I reached there, I was assaulted brutally. I was kicked around and badly beaten up. Somehow I was saved by the timely intervention of the police,” Mr .Kumar said.
In his complaint to the Kadaba police, Mr. Kumar has named Darnappa Gowda, Yathindra Matha, Shivanna Gowda, Honnappa Gowda and Monappa Gowda, Babu Gowda, Balakrishna Shetty, Dayananda Malettaru, Kushalappa Gowda as the accused.
In a counter complaint, Mr. Darnappa Gowda has accused Dhanya Kumar, Dinesh and Anand Gowda Koonkya of preventing their lorry near Kudmaru during midnight and assaulting them.
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