Seer slaps police – A saint protesting against the state government’s plan to open a PPP model medical college slapped a police officer after he snatched his mobile phone in Vijayapura on Thursday. Sri Sanganabasaveshwara Swami of Hunsyal Math was among the protesters who met district in-charge minister M.

B. Were participating in the protest in front of.

Patil’s house. The police started making rounds to detain them and later release them. While taking the saint to the police van, police sub-inspector Sitaram Lamani snatched his mobile phone.

This enraged the saint and he slapped the police officer. Members of Vijayapura District Government Medical College Movement Committee are protesting in front of the minister’s house.

Leaders Arvind Kulkarni, Anil Hosmani and others were present. The committee has been protesting for more than four months. The members are one by one sitting on strike in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office.

He has also held two rounds of meetings with Vijayapura natives in Bengaluru. They are protesting against the state government handing over the land, building, equipment and human resources to a private agency to run the medical college in the district hospital. Mr.

Patil has announced that he is in favor of a government medical college and that he will convince the Chief Minister to cancel the PPP proposal. However, he has also claimed that the PPP model is a plan of the previous BJP government and some BJP leaders of the district are doing politics with the protesters.