Charcoaled face....

Pramod Muthalik, leader of the right-wing Sri Rama Sene that functions as a moral police in Karnataka, got a taste of his own medicine on Wednesday when his face was blackened by the alleged activists of the Youth Congress in the middle of an open air debate on Valentine’s Day hosted by a local TV channel.

Muthalik and several others had been invited for the debate titled ‘Love Wars’ organised by the Asianet Suvarna channel outside the Ravindra Kalakshetra on Thursday evening. Muthalik who has been threatening to disrupt the Valentine’s Day festivities was involved in a heated argument with other panelists, including Agni Sridhar, a former underworld don-turned-social activist, who had been threatening to teach Muthalik’s men a lesson if they try to disrupt Valentine’s Day.

According to eyewitness accounts, several youths clambered on to the makeshift stage where the debate was being filmed and cornered Muthalik in his seat, pushed him to the ground and smeared his face with charcoal. The youths escaped before the police could swing into action.