Mandya: A group of Dalit leaders have demanded filing a criminal case against JD(S) MLA for KR Pet, K.C. Narayanagowda after he allegedly manhandled an Irrigation Department official at his office.
Senior Dalit leader Bastirangappa convened a meeting at K.R. Pet Town on Thursday and demanded an unconditional apology from Narayanagowda. The gathering at the meeting then staged a demonstration against the MLA.
Speaking to the mediapersons, the Dalit leaders said that Narayanagowda behaved in an uncivilised and rowdy-like manner and hence the police, who witnessed the incident, should file a suo-moto case against the MLA and arrest him immediately. Alleging that JD(S) leaders have repeatedly indulged in such acts, the Dalit leaders stated that the party, led by the former Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda, should issue strict instructions to their leaders in the district against such acts.
Narayanagowda on Wednesday had allegedly manhandled Narayan, an executive engineer at the Hemavathi Dam, at his office in K.R. Pet Town.
