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NIA arrests 17 in Bengaluru riots case
NIA arrests 17 in Bengaluru riots case
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Dec 22, 2020, 06:00 IST
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday said it has arrested 17 leaders and activists of
the Social Democratic Party of India (
SDPI) and
Bengaluru violence on August 11.
About 3,000 to 4,000 people had gone on a rampage torching the residences of Pulakeshinagar Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy and his sister Jayanthi over an alleged inflammatory social media post by the MLA’s relative.
They had also set the Devara Jeevanahalli and the Kadugondanahalli (KG)
police stations on fire.
With this, 187 people have been arrested.
NIA arrests 17 SDPI members for conspiracy in Bengaluru riots case
The agency on November 18 had conducted searches at 43 locations in Bengaluru, including at the four offices of SDPI in the rioting case, in which three people lost their lives in police firing.
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BENGALURU : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested 17 Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI)/Popular Front of India (PFI) leaders and activists in the DJ Halli and KG Halli arson case (RC- 35/2020/NIA/DLI). SDPI is the political wing of the PFI. The investigation so far has revealed that SDPI leaders Mohammed Sharieff, president, Bengaluru district, and president, KG Halli ward, Imran Ahmed, along with senior SDPI leaders Rubah Waqas, Shabbar Khan and Shaikh Ajmal had conducted meetings at Thanisandra and KG Halli wards on the evening of August 11, in which they conspired, mobilised and thereafter, led the crowd to KG Halli police station
NIA sleuths on Monday said they arrested 17 persons, including local members of Social Democratic Party of India and Popular Front of India, in connection with the KG Halli-DJ Halli riots in Bengaluru on August 11.
Probe revealed that SDPI’s Mohammed Sharieff, president, Bengaluru district and Imran Ahmed, president, KG Halli ward, and others had allegedly conspired, mobilised and led the crowd to attack policemen, causing damage to public property and police vehicles.
Similarly, accused Abbas, SDPI president of Nagawara ward, too mobilised large crowds at KG Halli police station through his associates Azil Pasha, Irfan Khan and Akbar Khan. “Probe also revealed use of social media channels like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp to spread terror among people,” the NIA said in the statement.
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