Summary:
Bengaluru, Apr 2 (PTI) Five Bajrang Dal activists were arrested in Shivamogga district in Karnataka for allegedly attacking a Muslim trader for selling halal meat, even as the "Boycott halal products" campaign by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal intensified in the state.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai appealed to people to celebrate Hindu new year Ugadi and "Hosa Tadaku" festivals peacefully without disturbing law and order.
During Hosa Tadaku, which is celebrated a day after Ugadi, Hindus who prefer non-vegetarian food, cook meat and chicken.
The right wing activists have appealed to the Hindus not to buy halal meat as it is already offered to Allah by the Muslims and offering such "stale meal" would be a disrespect to Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
On Thursday, two incidents were reported in Bhadrawati town one in Hosamane Police Station limits and another in old town police station limits, Shivamogga Superintendent of Police B M Lakshmi Prasad told reporters on Friday.
In Hosamane police station limits, five people went to the shop and demanded non-halal meat.