Haveri superintendent of police Shivakumar said that around 100 people took a detour from a rally by Hindu outfits and pelted stones at the mosque and Muslim homes.
The student whose alleged social media post led to violence in the old town of Hubballi on April 16 night, appeared for the second Pre-University exam on Friday with police protection.
After Delhi, stone-pelting reported in Karnataka’s Hubli, Section 144 imposed - Soon after violent clashes were recorded in Delhi, reports of stone-pelting emerged from a police station in Karnataka’s Hubli district.
A large number of people allegedly went on a rampage damaging many police vehicles, a nearby hospital and a Hanuman temple in the old town of Hubballi in Karnataka and injured some police officers on duty over a social media post in the early hours of Sunday, police said.