Yellur: Maharashtra Ekikaran Samit to complain to Maharashtra
Pro-Maharashtra outfit for years demanded merger of Marathi dominated areas with Maharashtra
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2014-08-07 06:13 GMT
Belgaum: With the Karnataka police filing six cases against those involved in the recent violence in Yellur in Belgaum district, over the removal of a “Maharashtra state” board, senior Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) leaders have decided to lodge a complaint with the neighbouring state accusing Karnataka of committing atrocities on the Marathi people staying in the border town.
Responding to the threat from the pro-Maharashtra outfit , which has for years demanded merger of Marathi dominated areas of the state with Maharashtra, Belgaum district minister, Satish Jarkiholi said on Wednesday that he would recommend to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that Karnataka should submit a report to the Centre on the actual state of affairs in Yellur.
“The state government and the police are committed to taking action against those involved in the violence at Yellur. The village will always be an integral part of Karnataka,” he asserted, revealing that the Belgaum police had so far filed six cases and arrested seven persons for the Yellur trouble.
It was looking out for others involved in the incident with the help of video recordings and photographs taken during the violence, he added.
Legislators and other politicians of Maharashtra who had tried to enter Belgaum a few days after the Yellur incident had been stopped from making their way into the district and a watch was being kept on the border to stop more of them from coming in, the minister said.
Security had been tightened in Yellur to also stop members of various organisations from entering the town and instigating more violence, he added.