Congman arrested for role in Bellary clash

bellary: congress worker narayana rao alias chitti was arrested by the cowl bazaar police on friday night. he is the main accused in last sunday''s clash between activists of the congress and bharatiya janata party. bjp worker vinod''s thumb had been chopped off and several others were injured. with chitti''s arrest, the total number of those nabbed is 29.chitti had reportedly fired two rounds in the air, because of which bjp leaders had demanded that his gun licence be cancelled. of the 29 arrested, 16 are from the congress and 13 from the bjp, including its leader b. sreeramulu. prior to chitti''s arrest, the police arrested kumaraswamy, who was seriously injured after being assaulted by sreeramulu at cowl bazaar police station, which led to the clamping of ban orders in the region. former municipal council president h. siddanna, zaheer ahmed and gummanur nagendra were also arrested. superintendent of police k.v. sharatchandra said the clash case had been handed over to the cod. two teams headed by dysp dandin and shankaraiah will probe the incident. dandin''s team would probe the involvement of minister m. diwakar babu and shankaraiah''s men would probe the involvement of sreeramulu and the role of bjp activists in the incident. the probe began on friday and the report will soon be submitted, the sp said.