There was tension in a village in Karnataka's Haveri district after several villagers attack buildings and houses of a community as fear of Waqf Board taking their houses spread. The incident resulted in five persons getting injured on Wednesday night, reported TOI.
Police said the situation in Kadakol village of Savanur taluk is back to normal now. A person who received grievous injuries in the violence was taken to Hubballi's KIMS for treatment and is out of danger now.
Miscreants allegedly threw stones and ransacked houses. They also destroyed parked motorcycles in the village.
About 200 police personnel and four KSRP platoons have been deployed in the village. The police will initiate action against those were involved in the incident, said district superintendent of police Anshu Kumar. He added that 32 people have been picked up for probe.
Waqf minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan accused BJP of hatching a conspiracy around Waqf properties and said the party has been misleading farmers. He said that the Kadakol village, which has never had any communal disturbance, is "very painful, and farmers need not panic as we will never acquire their land. "
There were roumours that most properties around a shrine in the village have been marked as Wakf assets and would soon be acquired. However, deputy commissioner Vijay Mahantesh clarified that they have directed assistant commissioners and tahsildars to "verify all property documents listed by the District Waqf Board and send a report to the office. This means not all these belong to Waqf Board."
Haveri MP and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urged state government to immediately withdraw notices issued to farmers and "remove Waqf asset classification from land records".
Haveri District Waqf Board has claimed ownership of Haveri District Court premises, which sits on a 20-acre land, and 19-acre Hindu burial ground in Tadas village of Shiggaon taluk in the district.
Police said the situation in Kadakol village of Savanur taluk is back to normal now. A person who received grievous injuries in the violence was taken to Hubballi's KIMS for treatment and is out of danger now.
Miscreants allegedly threw stones and ransacked houses. They also destroyed parked motorcycles in the village.
About 200 police personnel and four KSRP platoons have been deployed in the village. The police will initiate action against those were involved in the incident, said district superintendent of police Anshu Kumar. He added that 32 people have been picked up for probe.
Waqf minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan accused BJP of hatching a conspiracy around Waqf properties and said the party has been misleading farmers. He said that the Kadakol village, which has never had any communal disturbance, is "very painful, and farmers need not panic as we will never acquire their land. "
There were roumours that most properties around a shrine in the village have been marked as Wakf assets and would soon be acquired. However, deputy commissioner Vijay Mahantesh clarified that they have directed assistant commissioners and tahsildars to "verify all property documents listed by the District Waqf Board and send a report to the office. This means not all these belong to Waqf Board."
Haveri MP and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai urged state government to immediately withdraw notices issued to farmers and "remove Waqf asset classification from land records".
Haveri District Waqf Board has claimed ownership of Haveri District Court premises, which sits on a 20-acre land, and 19-acre Hindu burial ground in Tadas village of Shiggaon taluk in the district.
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