Overview
- A dispute over crackers burst near a mosque during a Kara Hunnime bull procession in Naregal village escalated into a group fight on Monday that police say used sharp weapons and injured multiple people.
- Official counts differ across reports but Haveri police say eight people were hurt while some outlets initially reported six injured.
- Those wounded were treated at Hangal Taluk Hospital and three were transferred to KMCRI Hospital in Hubballi for further care.
- Police have registered cases, are gathering CCTV and phone video to establish the sequence of events, and local authorities say they have filed an FIR naming dozens of accused with extra forces deployed to maintain order.
- Senior BJP leaders have publicly blamed the state Congress government and demanded arrests and state-paid treatment while police maintain the clash was not communal and investigators work to determine responsibility.