BENGALURU, Sept. 18 -- Situation in Bhatkal area in Uttara Kannada district remained tense following reports of stone pelting on a Lord Ganesh idol immersion procession as well as a mosque and madrasa late on Wednesday, police said, adding that both sides filed counter complaints with the police after the incident.

The incident took place between 9.15 pm and 9.30 pm on Gulmi Railway Station Road as a procession organised by the Taland Public Ganeshotsava Committee passed through the area. The Ismail Sunni Jamiya Mosque and Tajus-Sunna Arabic Madrasa, which occupies ground floor of the same building, were allegedly targeted.

A complaint filed at Bhatkal Town Police Station by Abdul Alim, secretary of the mosque, states that two window pa...