Bengaluru, Feb 4: Social activist and writer Prof K S Bhagavan’s face was smeared with black ink by an advocate and activist at a court in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Bhagavan, a strong critic of communalism, was smeared with black ink by advocate Meera Raghavendra, known for her pro-Hindutva social media posts, outside the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court. The advocate uploaded the video of the incident with the slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on her social media profile which has gone viral.
The writer who had come to the court for a hearing in connection with a case was granted bail. When he walked out of the court, Meera attacked him with ink and was heard telling Bhagavan, “Are you not ashamed to talk about god at this age (in this manner).”
A bodyguard accompanying Bhagavan immediately took him out of the court premises.
Sources revealed that the writer has filed a complaint in connection with the case at Halasuru gate police station. The government had provided police security to Bhagavan after his name was allegedly on the hit list of those chargesheeted in the Gauri Lankesh murder case.
This is the second incident in recent years where a writer from Karnataka was smeared with ink. Earlier, in 2017, another writer Yogesh Master was attacked with ink.
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