The person garlanded Congress leaders on the marketing campaign truck with a gun on the hip
New Delhi:
A Congress employee garlanded Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress’s Lok Sabha candidates at this time throughout the get together’s roadshow in Bengaluru South. Nevertheless, what caught everybody’s consideration was the holstered gun he tried to carry on to whereas moving into the open-roof automobile subsequent to Siddaramaiah campaigning for Sowmya Reddy close to Madiwala within the metropolis’s south-east.
A video confirmed the person garlanding the Congress leaders on the truck with a firearm dangling from his belt. As he climbed down from the automobile, Siddaramaiah and the others observed the weapon.
The incident raised eyebrows and several other questions on safety protocol violations for the reason that Mannequin Code of Conduct is already in place. As soon as the code is imposed, all firearms are required to be surrendered to the respective police station and any exemptions can solely be obtained with an exempt allow. The arms are returned to the rightful house owners as soon as the election is over.
The person has been recognized as one Riyaz, the police mentioned. He has been carrying a gun since a life-threatening assault a number of years in the past, and was therefore exempted from surrendering his gun, he clarified.
“The incident occurred near Wilson Backyard. Concerning the weapon, it’s a licensed one which he had in self-defence as he had been attacked earlier than. Primarily based on all this, an inquiry is on,” the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Bengaluru South), Lokesh, mentioned.
Tweeting in regards to the incident, Vijayendra Yediyurappa – the son of former Chief Minister and BJP chief BS Yediyurappa – mentioned, “Whereas the election code of conduct is in drive, a person with a gun garlanded the Chief Minister and Congress candidates throughout the roadshow of the get together is an alarming growth. It’s a thriller why the police, who take possession of weapons from those that acquire gun licenses for self-defense and preserve them with them until the tip of the election course of, didn’t seize the gun from this particular person. Who is that this particular person? His background must be investigated. The incident exhibits the Congress goes to carry elections with such folks… Ever for the reason that Congress got here to energy, the mischief of vandals has been recurring. The Election Fee has to take severe motion on this incident at this time. Together with this, it ought to preserve an eagle eye on the actions of anti-social forces and take all precautionary measures for peaceable polling.
