21/04/2010 : Evangelists detained under false complaint of forced conversion in Hagare village, Belur Taluk, Hassan district, Karnataka on 19th April 2010.

On 19th April 2010 Guru Gowraiah and Puttuswamy Bhadraiah visited believer Venkatesh for a prayer meeting at Basavarajpura village 12 km away from Hagare village. 15-20 members attended the meeting. Around 7.00 pm a group led by BJP leaders Mohan and Thammaiah barged into believer Venkatesh’s house and started abusing Guru and Puttuswamy of forced conversion. The attackers also manhandled them.

The radicals then called Halebidu Police Station and immediately S.I. Kempesh came to the spot and Guru and Puttuswamy were taken to the Police Station. FIR has been filed against them under section 107. They were detained in custody till 11.00 pm and were released after taking a written statement from them. Enquiry is still in the process.