Bengaluru: Following the violence in Bengaluru city, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy demanded strict action against those who were involved in the vandalism.
Posting a series of tweet, HDK said that no religion or community is above the law and that those who do not respect the law of the land “should be punished”. “The government must take tough action against vandals. Must ensure that such incidents don’t recur in future.”
No religion or community is above the law. Anyone who doesn’t respect the law of the land should be punished. The government must take tough action against vandals. Must ensure that such incidents don’t recur in future.
1/6— H D Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) August 12, 2020
It can be recalled that violence broke out on Tuesday night after a Congress MLA’s relative posted derogatory content about Prophet Muhammad. Vehicles were vandalised and some were even set ablaze.
The police resorted to firing in order to get the situation under control. Three people were killed in the violence and over 140 people were arrested.
Tweeting further, HDK wrote, “A stupid person made a derogatory comment on Prophet Mohammed. He should be punished, but nobody should destroy the sacred preachings of the Prophet by indulging in such riots.”
As police personnel were also injured in the violence, the former CM added, “Attacks on Police who were there to maintain law and order and on media persons who went to cover the news is highly deplorable. These vandals don’t even have remorse on what kind of message they are sending to civil society through their heinous act.”
The JD(S) leader then went on to state that such incidents “indicate that this was a pre-planned attack” and that it was an explosion of people’s frustration owing to the nepotism by the local leaders. “It is not untrue that family feud provided a platform to this incident,” he wrote.
Earlier in the day, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai assured that all those who were involved in the vandalism would be identified and that the loss to property would be recovered from the miscreants.
Naveen, the Congress MLA’s relative who made the derogatory post, has already been arrested.
