Bhatkal, Sept. 17 -- Tension prevailed in Karnataka's Bhatkal after alleged stone-pelting incidents were reported during a Ganesh immersion procession on Wednesday night, with police registering two FIRs based on complaints from both sides.

According to a complaint lodged by local resident Abdul Alim, stones were allegedly hurled at the Ismail Sunni Jamiya Mosque and Tajusunna Arabic Madrasa on Railway Station Road in Gulmi, damaging two windowpanes.

A counter-complaint was also filed alleging that stones were pelted at the Ganesh procession while it was passing through the same stretch. The procession had started from Talanda and was heading towards the immersion point via Gulmi.

Bhatkal Town Police registered cases based on both comp...