Police arrested villagers for protesting encounter

Mangalore, July 11 (UNI) As many as 100 people including activists of Girijana Horata Samiti and Rashtriya Udyana Virodhi Okkoota, were arrested by the police for protesting against yesterday's encounter in which five people were killed including two extremists in Menasinahadya village in Chickmagalur district.

The arrest followed the violent incident in which a vehicle belonging to the police department was set on blaze and villagers blocked the roads preventing police to enter into the village to remove the bodies of those killed in the incident.

Later the police managed to remove the dead bodies from the scene which were taken to Chickmagalur district hospital for conducting post-mortem after disbursing the defiant people using canes.

According to Chickmagalur report, the post-mortem of two extremists, killed in yesterday's incident, was completed but no one came forward to claim the bodies. However the alleged parents of Gautham, an extremist who died in the incident, also informed to the police that the deceased was not their son.

The situation in Menasinahadya village was peaceful and under control, the sources added.

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