17 held for stone pelting incident in Belagavi

The Market police have arrested 17 persons in connection with the stone pelting incidents reported at Kamat Galli in the city on Sunday night.

Tension prevailed in the city on Monday after a group of miscreants hurled stones at a pandal at Alavanagalli in Shahapur police station limits on Sunday night.

A while later, the miscreants vandalised



an autorickshaw at Kamat Galli. Following the incidents, the city police have heightened the security at sensitive areas in the city on Monday.

A group of BJP workers, led by former MLA Abhay Patil, laid a siege to Shahapur police station on Monday morning, demanding action against the miscreants, who were involved in stone pelting incident at Alavanagalli.