Kundapur: Miscreants Pelt Stones on Residence of Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary on New Year Day

By Snehalatha, Udupi
Bellevision Media Network

Kundapur, 03 Jan 2013: The miscreants pelted stones on the residence of Udupi district-in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary and also damaged his state-car, at Kota, near here, when the world was celebrating the New Year at 12.15am on Tuesday January 1 .

 

 
Ahead of the incident, the supporters of minister Kota Srinivas Poojary and former MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty clashed and Shetty’s supporters also pelted stones on the residence of minister Srinivas Poojary.  Kota police registered three separate cases related to these incidences.

 
Background of the case:

 
In the first incident, Rama, a close friend of former MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty called Raghavendra Ganiga, personal assistant of minister Kota Srinivas Poojary and abused him at 8.30pm on Monday December 31.  The furious Raghavendra sent his friend Krishna to have a word with Rama Poojary at about 10.30pm on Monday.  When Krishna reached Rama’s house, both of them exchanged verbal abuse and at one point they began assaulting each other.  Rama who was injured admitted at a private hospital here.

 
Kota police registered two separate cases, over Raghavendra calling Rama and hurling verbal abuse and Raghavendra assaulting Rama brutally.
 

As soon as the supporters of the former MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty learnt of Raghavendra assaulting Rama, they arrived at the residence of Raghavendra and began pelting stones on his house, damaging window panes at about 10.30pm on Monday.

 
Raghavendra lodged complaint with the police that the miscreants robbed 5 sovereign pounds worth jewellery of his wife during the incident. 

 
Meanwhile, some miscreants who arrived on motor cycles also pelted stones on the residence of minister Kota Srinivas Poojary  at 12.15am on Tuesday January 1 and also abused the minister when the minister did not come out.
 

The minister Kota Srinivas lodged complaint with the police in this regard.  Brahmavar circle inspector Prabhu and others inspected the scene of incident.

 
The police suspect the political ill-will between the former MLA Halady Srinivas and the minister Kota Srinivas is the motive behind this incident.  Besides, the personal enmity between Raghavendra and Rama also responsible for overtures.

 
Kota police have begun investigations on all these cases.