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Some followers of the Jolle-Jarkiholi sheet and the Katti-Savadi faction came to blows implicit missing delegation forms successful the District Central Cooperative Bank elections successful Belagavi connected Sunday.
However, the canvass process was not disrupted. Returning Officer Sharavan Nayak said that polling and counting were peacefully completed.
Some candidates and followers of the Katti-Savadi sheet said that their opponents stole delegation forms, which are utilized arsenic elector individuality cards, of astir 40 members successful Raibag constituency.
They besides said that immoderate followers of Anna Saheb Jolle and Balachandra Jarkiholi pushed astir immoderate followers of Ramesh Katti and Laxman Savadi erstwhile they approached the predetermination bureau to question these forms.
In turn, the Jolle-Jarkiholi faction said that their opponents sent immoderate miscreants lone to make disorder among the voters.
What started arsenic a verbal speech grew into a combat betwixt immoderate radical wherever they tried to halt others from speaking.
The groups came to blows connected the BK Model High School Grounds that served arsenic the polling centre for the bank.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Narayan Baramani arrived with his squad and defused the situation.
He asked the Katti-Savadi supporters to record a ailment with the Returning Officer if they had immoderate grievance.
There was besides a insignificant scuffle astatine a backstage edifice connected Belgaum Club Road wherever immoderate of the leaders are camping.
Later, a squad of 15 members from the Katti-Savadi radical filed a ailment astir theft of 24 delegation forms. They besides said that they volition registry a constabulary complaint.
