MADIKERI: Police from Konanur in Hassan district arrested nine residents of Virajpet and produced them before the principal Munsiff court in Arakalgod on Monday. The nine people have been accused of assaulting sub inspector Sagar and five other policemen at Arasinakatte temple on October 30.
About 21 people from Virajpet had gone to the temple on October 30 to attend a puja. Many of them were engaged in gambling within the temple premises. When Konanur police raided the premises, the accused attacked them.
The accused are Appumohan, BB Jaya, VS Kishan, Lokesh, Satish, Jeevan, Ranju, NP Dinesh and Raghavendra and they have been remanded to judicial custody till November 15.