Tipu celebrations: Calm returning to violence-hit Madikeri

November 11, 2015 19:52

Uneasy calm prevailed Madikeri and elsewhere in Kodagu district where the BJP enforced a bandh today, a day after being rocked by violence over celebrations of the birth centenary of 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan that claimed the life of a local VHP leader.

A youth who received gunshot wounds during the violent incidents yesterday was "very critical" at a private hospital in Mysuru, a senior police official said.

IGP (Southern Range) B K Singh, who had denied the shooting yesterday, confirmed that one person had suffered gunshot wounds, adding, he could not say who did it and only a probe would bring it out.

The Regional Commissioner in Mysuru would inquire into the entire circumstances leading to the violence yesterday, he said.

Meanwhile, the body of 60-year old Kuttappa, who died during the violence with the circumstances leading to his death not being clear, was buried at Madapura near Madikeri.

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