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BJP MLA G. Janardhan Reddy has written abstracted letters to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding contiguous Z-category information for him, alleging determination was a “pre-planned assassination attempt” connected him successful Ballari.
He was referring to January 1 clashes that erupted implicit installation of a banner for unveiling of Valmiki statue and claimed that determination was “complete breakdown of instrumentality and order”. Mr. Janardhan Reddy, among others, has been booked with respect to the clashes.
In his missive to the Chief Minister connected Saturday (January 3), Mr. Janardhan Reddy claimed that the onslaught connected his Ballari residence connected New Year’s Day was “not an mean governmental clash, but a pre-planned and systematic assassination effort allegedly carried retired by Ballari Congress MLA Nara Bharath Reddy and his associates”.
The erstwhile Minister squarely blamed the section constabulary for inaction and negligence, saying the menace to his beingness had reached the “highest imaginable level”.
Detailing the series of events, Mr. Janardhan Reddy said that astir 2 p.m., supporters of Bharath Reddy attempted to illegally erect banners wrong the fencing country of his location and were driven distant pursuing constabulary intervention.
He alleged that astatine astir 5.30 p.m., “Bharath Reddy’s adjacent adjutant Sathish Reddy, on with 40-50 equipped men, trespassed into his premises carrying bottles, stones, clubs and deadly weapons, sat wrong the compound and openly issued threats, portion constabulary remained mute spectators”.
According to Mr. Janardhan Reddy, the unit escalated astir 7 p.m. erstwhile helium returned from Gangavathi.
He alleged that connected the instructions of MLA Nara Bharat Reddy, Mr. Satish Reddy and his men launched a nonstop attack, during which a backstage gunman fired astir 8 rounds targeting him and his house.
“By God’s grace and sheer luck, I narrowly escaped death,” helium said, adding that the constabulary failed to power the situation.
He further claimed that astatine astir 9 p.m., Mr. Bharat Reddy himself arrived adjacent the SP Circle with hundreds of supporters equipped with clubs, stones and petrol bombs, triggering what helium described arsenic a ‘terror-style attack’.
During the incident, indiscriminate firing of the gunman had allegedly taken the beingness of Raja Shekhar, aft which constabulary resorted to firing teardrop gas, firing successful the aerial and a lathi complaint to reconstruct order.
Mr. Janardhan Reddy successful his missive demanded ‘Z’ class oregon equivalent high-level constabulary information for him and his household with contiguous effect.
He besides sought registration of execution cases against Mr. Bharath Reddy, Mr. Sathish Reddy and their associates, and strict enactment against constabulary officers for dereliction of duty.
Calling the incidental grounds of “Jungle Raj” successful Karnataka, Mr. Janardhan Reddy warned that if immoderate further harm came to him oregon his household owed to deficiency of security, the authorities authorities would beryllium “directly responsible”.
In a abstracted practice to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Mr. Janardhan Reddy requested information done cardinal forces, alleging that the Congress-led State Government had failed successful providing security. He claimed the onslaught was politically motivated, asserting that his renewed statewide campaigning for the BJP had unsettled the Congress leadership.
After the convulsive clashes connected January 1, a squad of BJP leaders including Union Minister V. Somanna, Opposition Leader successful the State Assembly and Council R. Ashoka and Chalavadi Narayanaswamy readying to conscionable Mr. Janardhana Reddy astatine his residence successful Ballari.
Meanwhile, the Karnataka Government is mulling handing implicit the probe into the caller convulsive clashes successful Ballari to the CID, Home Minister G. Parameshwara said connected Sunday (January 4).
“I had said this before, the guns of the gunmen hired for backstage information person been seized. Now the ballistic expert’s study volition uncover from which weapon it was fired. I person told the Forensic Science Laboratory officials to springiness an probe report. The process is on. The ADGP had told maine that the firing didn’t hap with constabulary gun,” Mr. Parameshwara told reporters.
When asked whether the lawsuit would beryllium handed implicit to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) oregon a Special Investigation Team (SIT), the Home Minister said the enactment was nether consideration.
“We are besides mulling it. There are possibilities of giving the substance to the CID. I volition talk to CM Siddaramaiah. If request beryllium past we volition bash it,” helium said.
Responding to the BJP’s announcement connected taking retired a march to Ballari, Mr. Parameshwara said, “It’s not a large happening to instrumentality retired a march but taking enactment is important, which the constabulary volition do.” He said strict enactment would travel if the engagement of backstage gunmen was established.
“If it comes retired that backstage gunmen were progressive successful it past we volition person to instrumentality action. We person received complaints from some sides. Police volition analyse whether guns oregon manus grenades were used,” helium added.
Mr. Parameshwara besides pointed to the series of events starring to the violence, saying determination was nary commotion initially.
“There was nary commotion till Janardhana Reddy came to Ballari,” helium claimed. “We volition analyse that arsenic well.” Meanwhile, constabulary person detained 2 backstage gunmen Baljit Singh and Gurucharan Singh successful transportation with the firing incident.
