The brother of Basanagouda Turvihal, Congress candidate from Maski assembly constituency of Karnataka, created a commotion at the vote counting centre.
Karnataka Congress leader Basanagouda Turvihal’s brother, Siddanagouda Turvihal, complained that counting details were not being provided properly. The police later took him away and detained him in a room.
Siddanagouda got into an argument with the police officers on duty as they tried to calm him down and let the counting officers get on with their job. But the fracas continued. At this juncture, deputy commissioner, R Venkatesh Kumar, asked the police to take him into custody. Turvihal was escorted by the police to the media room where he was seated.
Speaking on this occasion, Siddanagouda accused officials of failing to provide proper information to his query about the counting of votes.
Counting of votes took place today in Karnataka in the two assembly constituencies and one Lok Sabha constituency.
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