A Kannada activist has complained that he was beaten up for not speaking Marathi in Jamboti of Belagavi district on Monday evening.
Karnataka Rakshana Vedike leader Jayavant Ajjappa Nidagalkar has said that he was beaten up by some pro-Marathi activists over his inability to speak Marathi.
“Four unidentified men beat me up only because I spoke to them in Kannada,” he told the police.
He has admitted himself in a hospital. A case is yet to be registered.
Meanwhile, Belagavi Police have registered a case against Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti youth wing leader Shubham Shelke on the charge of provoking violence.
In a video message released to his followers, Shelke is said to have called Kannada speakers useless and warned them that they will be taught a lesson if attacks on Marathi speakers continued, the police have said.
