Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (AM)

Mangaluru, Jun 2: Even as the controversy surrounding Yelahanka flyover in Bengaluru and its naming after freedom fighter Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar appeared to be fading, unknown miscreants took over to Pumpwell flyover in Mangaluru and installed a banner on its sidewalls reading ‘Veer Savarkar Flyover Pumpwell’.

The incident took place late evening on Tuesday, June 2.

A graffiti had ‘Bajrang Dal’ scrawled across the sidewalls of the flyover right next to the place where the banner was put up.

It may be recalled, Yelahanka flyover in Bengaluru was to be inaugurated last week. While Karnataka opposition leaders came out against naming it after Hindutva icon Veer Savarkar, many had taken to social media to express their intention to place the photograph of Savarkar on the flyover and christen the flyover after him. Later, the words, 'Freedom fighter Veer Savarkar Flyover' were seen to have been written over the flyover in Kannada.