A gang of unidentified miscreants barged into a house and robbed a woman during an election campaign in Kumbalgodu on the outskirts of the city on Saturday morning. The gang also assaulted a couple of locals before fleeing the scene.
Police said the incident took place at Bhuvaneshwari Nagar at 7 am and the gang members who gained entry into the house of Dhananjaya and Nagaraju, are said to be JD(s) party workers.
The miscreants, after noticing one Sandhya, alone at home, gained entry into it on the pretext of election campaign. They robbed her gold jewels and bangles after assaulting her. She, however, raised an alarm but they beat the neighbours, who tried to catch hold of them. Dhananjaya and Nagaraju, in a complaint to the police, have alleged that Congress workers are behind the act.
Tension at Tipu Nagar
Tension prevailed for some time at Tipu Nagar in Chamarajpet when workers of two political parties quarrelled over allegations that a JD (S) candidate was allegedly arm-twisting the people during the door-to-door election campaign.
The situation turned volatile after the candidate Ayub and his men allegedly trashed a man and a woman after they told him that they will be voting for Congress, police said.