Police arrest two in Bagalkot stone-throwing incident

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Bagalkot Police person arrested 2 radical connected the complaint of trying to provoke unit and disrupt constabulary enactment during the caller stone-throwing incidental successful the town.

Twentytwo-year-old Ashok Barker and 38-year-old Sandeep Pherde are the 2 arrested.

Investigators accidental that they had zeroed successful connected these 2 aft studying CCTV footage, photos of the incidental and postulation of different evidence.

Deputy Commissioner Sangappa, meanwhile, issued orders prohibiting the introduction of Sri Ram Sene person Pramod Mutalik and Hindutva person Punit Kerehalli who were scheduled to code a rally successful the city.

BJP person B. Sriramulu said that a Hindutva activistic was injured erstwhile the constabulary tried to disrupt the assemblage done a lathi-charge.

Mr. Sriramulu said that the State authorities policies of number appeasement person made the District Police helpless against unsafe communal elements.

Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi has dismissed the allegations and said that the constabulary are engaged investigating the incidental and each the accused, irrespective of their background, volition beryllium arrested.

“Some radical person already been arrested. The different accused volition beryllium arrested soon. However, probe volition instrumentality time. It does not hap immediately,” helium told reporters successful Bagalkot.

He said that the State authorities has ensured functional autonomy to the constabulary and that nary 1 volition not interfere successful their work.

“The constabulary volition bash their work and guarantee that specified incidents bash not recur,” helium said.

Published - February 22, 2026 09:52 p.m. IST

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