The Pulakeshinagar constituency had witnessed riots in August 2020, after former MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy’s relative posted a derogatory comment against Prophet Mohammed on Facebook.
Ticket aspirants and upset leaders have been crisscrossing across party lines to secure their political futures and find a place in the 224-member-strong Karnataka legislative assembly
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.