Zero FIR lodged in Bengaluru against Uttarakhand BJP President Mahendra Bhatt and others for conducting a "purification" ritual after AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge visited Haldwani on August 8.
Complaint filed by AICC Scheduled Tribes Department ex-vice-chairman T.R. Ramappa under the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.