The Kalaburagi City Police have booked seven people on the charge of attempt to murder the family members of Sangamesh, an accused in the Ambedkar statue desecration case who has now come out on bail.
A case has been registered at the Gulbarga University Police Station against Hanumanth Nagappa, Siddalinga Maruthi, Sagar Doddamani, Avinash Hadgil, Appya Ramachadra, Dinesh Naganna and Srinivas Naganna, all residents of Kotnoor (D) village.
Sangamesh, who was arrested on January 24, was released on bail on Tuesday. The same night, a group of 30 people barged into the house of Sangamesh with sticks, rods and stones and assaulted three members of his family, Mahadevappa, Thangemma and Anil Kumar.
