Overview

• Thousands joined a three-kilometre procession to immerse 28 idols, with more than 2,000 personnel from local police, KSRP, DAR and RAF deployed and liquor sales temporarily halted.
• Investigators have 22 accused in judicial custody and are tracking additional suspects, with senior officers overseeing operations in the town.
• Mandya police registered multiple FIRs against protesters for offences including tearing festival buntings, burning a community flag, abusing a community and attempts to enter a mosque.
• BJP and JD(S) leaders visited Maddur, met district officials and demanded a judicial inquiry, while BJP MLC C. T. Ravi drew condemnation for violent, inflammatory remarks at the rally.
• IGP M. B. Boralingaiah cited CCTV that verifies stone-pelting and noted suspicious lights-out timing, but said footage so far does not show stones thrown from inside the mosque, as claimed by some leaders.