Tension prevailed briefly in Kolar’s Kuteri village when villagers protested police high-handedness after a party worker was injured while being detained by the police for violating the model code of conduct.
The villagers gheraoed the police and surrounded the vehicle in protest. Additional police force was rushed to the spot to bring the situation under control.
The incident took place when a police team on duty saw some party workers campaigning outside the polling booth. A heated argument ensued between the police and the group following which the police took one Krishnappa into custody. Due to this, the angry people started shouting slogans.
A similar incident took place in Vemagal when two groups of party workers clashed outside a polling booth, accusing each other of campaigning. The situation was soon brought under control.
A scuffle also broke out between two factions of the BJP and the Congress near a polling booth in Papaya Garden in Padmanabh Nagar.