Youth blacken Muthalik's face in Bengaluru

February 11, 2010 19:17 IST

Shri Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik faced a major embarassment when some youth alleged to be youth congress workers smeared his face with charcoal at a public function in Bengaluru on Thursday.

Muthalik was adressing a gathering at the Bangalore Kannada Bhavan when a gang of youth barged into the programme and shouted slogans. When they were asked to calm down, they went up on stage and blackened

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Muthaliks face with charcoal.

The police who stepped into the scene pacified the crowd but were unable to apprehend the miscreants on the spot. The police later apprehended 3 people in connection with the matter.

Muthalik said that this was the job of some persons from a political party who planned to tarnish him. He said he will that the perpetrators are brought to justice.

Vicky Nanjappa in Bengaluru