Incident took place at D.B. Halli in Vidyaranyapura near Yelahanka New Town

A group comprising court officials, advocates and animal rights activists were attacked by a mob of over 100 persons on Tuesday when they were on an inspection of illegal slaughter houses. The attack took place despite the group being accompanied by a team of policemen.

The members of the group were advocates H.V. Harish and D.P. Prasanna, public prosecutor S. Rachiah, advocate Pavan Chandra Shetty, two volunteers Kavitha Jain and Joshine Anthony.

The group went to inspect four places on the directions of the High Court. One of the places was a two-wheeler garage at D.B. Halli in Vidyaranyapura near Yelahanka New Town. They were not entertained and were attacked by a mob that also damaged vehicles. Additional police personnel were deployed to contain the situation.

Additional Commissioner (East) Seemanth Kumar Singh said two police vehicles were damaged, but no one was injured.