Chamarajanagar, June 15 -- A 22-year-old youth was taken into Police custody after he allegedly smeared cow dung on a poster of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and damaged lights installed around it at Masanapura village in Yalandur taluk on Sunday.
The accused Chandru, a resident of the village, was allegedly caught by villagers, who tied him to an electric pole, garlanded him with slippers and assaulted him before Police intervened.
According to villagers, the incident occurred around 4 am yesterday when Chandru allegedly defaced the Ambedkar poster installed on the road connecting Masanapura and Chatipura villages and damaged the lights fixed near it.
On learning of the incident, villagers reportedly caught Chandru and subjected him to public humil...