KARNATAKA: Tension escalated in Karnataka’s Ballari district after a Congress worker was shot dead, and the police said that the bullet was fired from a private revolver.
The deceased was identified as Rajashekar. In-charge Superintendent of Police (SP) Ranjit Kumar Bandaru stated on Friday that the police have registered four cases in connection so far, including a murder case that has been filed following a complaint by Congress workers. The family of the deceased has filed a complaint against some BJP leaders.
The Congress MLA from Ballari city, Nara Bharat Reddy, has alleged that the firing was carried out at the behest of mining baron and BJP MLA Janardhana Reddy and demanded his immediate arrest.
The police have imposed prohibitory orders in the areas surrounding the residence of mining baron and MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy.