A team led by Thammaiah monitored the movements of the suspected youths and finally raided a house on Jamia Masjid Road, Bhatkal in the early hours of Jan 15, 2015.

But that’s just wishful thinking,” says C.B. Vedamurthy, deputy superintendent of police, Bhatkal. Many believe it was the same rath yatra that sowed the seeds of discord in 1993. In the aftermath of ...