MYSURU: Days after a temple in
Huchchangi in
Mysuru district’s
Nanjangud taluk was pulled down, the village has turned into a battlefield with members of two families assaulting each other with blunt objects on Wednesday.
Superintendent of police R
Chethan visited the village and said the situation is normal now. A police force has been stationed there. At least six people injured in the clash have been hospitalised in Mysuru.
Police have detained a few individuals in the incident.
Sources said
Huchchangi Mahadevamma temple was razed in the village last week as it was illegally built on public land. The issue took a political turn with leaders questioning the action of authorities. Later, villagers constructed a makeshift temple and placed the deity’s idol there.