According to police and Revenue Department sources, a local resident is allegedly constructing a madrasa on a residential site allotted to him, without obtaining mandatory permission and by violating conditions pertaining to the allotment of residential site. Under dispute:The madrasa on a residential site at Hemavathi Layout in K.R. Over 700 persons, most of them members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal, thronged the construction site demanding demolishment of the structure. Pet Town Panchayat president K. Ghouse Khan for trying to disrupt communal harmony by encouraging the illegal construction. Pet town in the district on Sunday, after hundreds of people staged protest outside the police station demanding action against the construction of an illegal madrasa.

Source: The Hindu June 13, 2016 00:04 UTC