Ram mandir activists not being targeted, arrested in karnataka says state govt
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After news reports indicated that the Karnataka police were arresting activists who had indulged in violence after the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition, the state government denied the
allegation. The Karnataka government said that it has instructed the police to take up cases against Ram Mandir activists who allegedly indulged in the destruction of property and other
cases three decades ago. Communal clashes and violence had marred the state, along with the rest of the country in December 1992 after the destruction of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya. In
Hubballi, the police recently arrested Srikanth Poojari in connection with a case of rioting in December 1992. A case had been filed against him and others for rioting during the violence
that occurred around the time of the Babri Masjid demolition by kar sevaks. Poojari has been sent to judicial custody. Sources in the Chief Minister’s office said there was no targeting of
people who had participated in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement. “It was a routine round-up in an attempt to close long pending cases,” the source said.