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Published: Monday, December 21, 2020, 20:37 [IST]
Bengaluru, Dec 21: The National Investigation Agency on Monday said it has arrested 17 leaders and activists of the Social Democratic Party of India and Popular Front of India in connection with the Bengaluru violence on August 11.
With this, 187 people have been arrested in connection with the case.
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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 on fire the Devara Jeevanahalli and the Kadugondanahalli (KG) police stations.
The NIA had taken over the case from the Bengaluru Police on September 22.
According to the NIA statement, the SDPI leaders – Md. Sharieff, Imran Ahmed, Rubah Waqas, Shabbar Khan and Shaik Ajmal – had conducted meetings at Thanissandra and KG Halli wards in Bengaluru in the evening of August 11. “They conspired, mobilised and led the crowd to the KG Halli Police station, causing huge damage to the public and police station vehicles,” the NIA said.
“Similarly, accused Abbas, SDPI President of Nagwara ward had also mobilised a large crowd at the KG Halli police station through his associates Azil Pasha, Irfan Khan and Akbar Khan,” the statement added.
NIA arrests 17 SDPI, PFI activists in Bengaluru riots case
Mon, Dec 21 2020 09:54:57 PM
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Dec 21 (IANS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested 17 members of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the Bengaluru riots case.
An NIA spokesperson in Delhi said, NIA arrested 17 SDPI/PFI leaders/activists for their involvement in the violent attack and large-scale rioting at KG Halli Police Station in Bengaluru on August 11 this year following a Facebook post by Naveen, nephew of Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy.
The official said that during the investigation it has been revealed that SDPI Bengaluru district president Mohammad Sharieff, SDPI s KG Halli Ward president Imran Ahmed along with other senior leaders like Rubah Waqas, Shabbar Khan and Shaik Ajmal had conducted meetings at Thanissandra and KG Halli wards in Bengaluru in the evening of August 11 wherein they conspired, mob
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They conspired, mobilised, and led the crowd: National Investigation Agency
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Large-scale violence had broken out in D.J. Halli and K.G. Halli on the night of August 11 over a social media post.
They conspired, mobilised, and led the crowd: National Investigation Agency
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested 17 SDPI/PFI leaders and members for allegedly mobilising the mob and instigating violence at D.J. Halli and K.G. Halli on the night of August 11.
Key among the arrested accused are Sharieff, president, Bengaluru district, Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), and Imran Ahmed, president, K.G. Halli ward, along with senior leaders like Rubah Waqas, Shabbar Khan, and Shaik Ajmal, who allegedly conducted meetings at Thanisandra and K.G. Halli wards in Bengaluru on the evening of August 11. They conspired, mobilised, and led the crowd, said the agency in a press release.