The district police on Sunday night raided the house of Satyajit Surathkal, State secretary, Bharatiya Janata Party Backward Classes Morcha, in connection with disturbance on Saturday in B.C. Road when mortal remains of RSS activist Sharath Madiwala was being taken for funeral.
Mr. Surathkal was not in the house during the time of the raid.
In a statement, Hindu Jagarana Vedike said the police trooped into Mr. Surathkal's house on Sunday night and misbehaved with family members. It said the action of the police was condemnable.
Reacting to this, Superintendent of Police C.H. Sudheer Kumar Reddy said the police has conducted raid at a few places in Surathkal in search of those who were allegedly involved in stone throwing incident. “We could not find them,” he said, not disclosing the names of the suspects.
In Sunday’s incident two persons were injured and several vehicles were damaged following stone throwing by two groups. The district police arrested 13 and detainer 25 in connection with four cases.
