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Police seize five petrol bombs in Chikkamagaluru

03:35 PM Dec 05, 2017 | Team Udayavani |

Chikkamagaluru: The police have arrested 13 persons and seized five petrol bombs in connection with the stone pelting incident which took place during the Datta Jayanti festival here.

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Chikkamagaluru District Superintendent of Police Annamalai K said that the Police found five liquor bottles filled with petrol and a wick similar to the ones found in Tamil and Kerala. The police also gathered information that most of the accussed are in the age group between 15-18 years and are residents of the Tamil Colony here.

The police have filed a suo motu case for trying to ransack the name board of tombs on the Dattapeeta premises.

The SP also said that a few youths had hurled stones at police when they were on duty.

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