Bengaluru riots: What happened in the silicon valley

A mob rampaged through Bengaluru's Pulakeshi Nagar Tuesday night and vandalised a police station and a Congress legislator's residence after an alleged relative of the MLA shared a social media post purportedly on a communal issue, police said.

Police sources said a person said to be a close relative of Murthy allegedly shared a social media post that enraged community members.

As per a Times of India report, the drama began around 7 pm in front of Pulakeshinagar MLA Akhanda Srinivasamurthy’s house and lasted till 2 am. Things deteriorated after 10 pm as mobs locked up KG Halli and DJ Halli stations and torched police vehicles.

A large number of people gathered near MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy's residence and vandalised it and damaged the vehicles parked there.

The mob had targeted the police station and damaged vehicles believing that the police had kept the accused detained there. As per a report of Times of India, around 70 cops were injured in the riot. Three police stations were attacked. There was a guerrilla-like attack against cops, according to the report of ToI.

Police commissioner Kamal Pant told ToI that cops were targetted with flower pots, stones of all sizes, bottles, tyres, wooden logs and bricks.

Areas under Pulakeshinagar assembly constituency had a warzone like scene with torched vehicles, broken windows, stones and bricks stewn roads, and damanged buildings. Police had to resort to firing in which three people were killed.