Chitradurga, March 15 -- Karnataka BJP on Saturday condemned the alleged police brutality displayed by PSI Gadilingappa in Chitradurga against Hanumantegowda, the party's Madhugiri district president.

The state party chief Vijayendra Yediyurappa condemned the incident by sharing a video on X, which shows PSI Gadilingappa slapping Hanumantegowda. The BJP leader retaliates with a slap, prompting the officer to strike him twice more and hurl abuses, all in the presence of three to four onlookers.

In a statement, he alleged that ever since the Congress came to power in Karnataka, incidents of murder, extortion, robbery, and rape have been continuously occurring, leading to a breakdown of law and order. He claimed that the safety of the common...