Ullal: In an incident some miscreants hanging a footwear with picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a compound wall of a house Mudipodi near Kallapupatala in Tokkottu on January 19, Monday.

It is said, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picture pasted on the sole on the compound gate of former Congressman and former president of Ullal Mandal Panchayat Late Mahabala Shetty. The incident is said to have taken place when his son Jayaram Shetty was out on work.

It is said that the Jayaram Shetty’s house was in a low lying area. The waste water from above landed to Jayaram Shetty’s property and well water was contaminated due to waste water.

Jayaram Shetty had complained to the local Municipal Council and to the district administration against this.The Health Department officials also certified that the water is unfit for consumption.

It is said that the neighbours had altercations with Jayaram on the same issue and recently a gang had also threatened him of dire consequences.

Jayaram’s mother Anusuya has alleged that the said act must have been committed by the local youth who had threatened him.

Chief Municipal Officer Roopa Shetty said that municipality could not do anything due to legal hurdles. However she assured of a permanent solution within two months.