Bangalore, March 02: Normalcy has returned to Shimoga and Hassan towns, hit by violence during protests by Muslims over publication of an article in a daily purportedly written by exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa told the Karnataka Assembly today.
“Those who take the law into their hands will be strictly dealt with,” he said, adding that no untoward incident has taken place in the two cities since last night.
Yeddyurappa said cases have been booked against the daily and 103 people taken into custody in the two cities, where 33 persons and 25 policemen were injured in the violence in which 74 shops and 50 vehicles were damaged.
As the House met, Opposition Congress leader Siddaramaiah and JD-S leader H D Revanna asked the government to give compensation to those hit by the violence.
–PTI