<p class="title">Residents of Kaikondarahalli woke up to a rude shock on the morning of July 27 to find a 75-year-old graveyard, with around 150 graves, bulldozed to make a thoroughfare to the other side.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on a complaint filed by a businessman, Naveen Kumar S, Bellandur police registered a case against unknown people charging them under IPC sections 297 - trespassing on burial places and 427 - mischief.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naveen, in his complaint, stated that the graveyard adjacent to Kaikondarahalli Lake was covered with several truckloads of mud overnight to make the thoroughfare. A stretch of the graveyard was covered in soil up to a height of about 15 feet burying the gravestones.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An earth-mover was used to level the soil. In the melee, the fence across the lake was damaged, the complaint added. Four to five trees on the roadside were cut too. A few people on their morning stroll were dumbfounded to see the graveyard turned into a muddy road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police are checking CCTV footage from the area to identify those involved in the encroachment. “We suspect this is the handiwork of private builders who wanted to make a road for their clients,” a senior police officer said. “However, we have to verify this,” he added.</p>
<p class="title">Residents of Kaikondarahalli woke up to a rude shock on the morning of July 27 to find a 75-year-old graveyard, with around 150 graves, bulldozed to make a thoroughfare to the other side.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Based on a complaint filed by a businessman, Naveen Kumar S, Bellandur police registered a case against unknown people charging them under IPC sections 297 - trespassing on burial places and 427 - mischief.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Naveen, in his complaint, stated that the graveyard adjacent to Kaikondarahalli Lake was covered with several truckloads of mud overnight to make the thoroughfare. A stretch of the graveyard was covered in soil up to a height of about 15 feet burying the gravestones.</p>.<p class="bodytext">An earth-mover was used to level the soil. In the melee, the fence across the lake was damaged, the complaint added. Four to five trees on the roadside were cut too. A few people on their morning stroll were dumbfounded to see the graveyard turned into a muddy road.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The police are checking CCTV footage from the area to identify those involved in the encroachment. “We suspect this is the handiwork of private builders who wanted to make a road for their clients,” a senior police officer said. “However, we have to verify this,” he added.</p>