Udupi, August 12, 2020: State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai who also happens to be the Udupi district-in-charge minister has said that stern action would be initiated whoever may be behind the Bengaluru violence incident. The Minister who is presently in Udupi was referring to Tuesday night’s violent incidents in Bengaluru following the attack on MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthi’s residence over a Facebook post.
Stating that stringent action would be taken in an unbiased manner, the minister said he has already spoken to high level officials and that additional police forces have been dispatched to the spot.
The government has given the police full powers to tackle the situation, the minister said.