Pro-Kannada workers defaced and removed many signboards while marching towards Chikkajala. Videos of protesters spray painting some boards were shared on social media.
The Karnataka High Court in an important observation has stated that the large-scale violence that broke out in DJ Halli and KG Halli localities of Bengaluru following a social media post was an act of terrorism .
Bengaluru violence last year was SDPI plan to create communal unrest in India: NIA charge sheet
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The National Investigation Agency took up the investigation after a person moved the Karnataka High Court demanding a probe by the agency.
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The agency has named 247 people as accused in the case, according to NIA sources.
The violence in Bengaluru on August 12 last year in which Dalit Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy s house and two police stations were torched was a larger conspiracy by the Social Democratic Party of India to create communal disharmony in the country, the NIA said in its charge sheet filed recently in a special court here. The National Investigation Agency took up the investigation after a person moved the Karnataka High Court demanding a probe by the agency.
Bengaluru Riots: Former Congress Mayor R Sampath Raj Granted Bail
Sampath Raj was in judicial custody for nearly three months in connection with the East Bengaluru violence that broke out on August 12, which left four people dead Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-13T08:18:27+05:30 Bengaluru Riots: Former Congress Mayor R Sampath Raj Granted Bail outlookindia.com 2021-02-13T08:33:52+05:30
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The Karnataka High Court on Friday granted bail to former Congress Mayor R Sampath Raj, who was in judicial custody for nearly three months on the charges of hatching a conspiracy in the East Bengaluru violence on August 12 that left four people dead
The raid, search, seizure has not been impugned in these proceedings.
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BENGALURU: The High Court upheld the order passed by the Special Court for NIA Cases, which issued warrants to search the offices of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in relation to cases registered over the DJ Halli and KG Halli riots in the city last year. Dismissing the petition filed by SDPI questioning the Special Court’s order, Justice Suraj Govindaraj said that the petitioner itself does not make any allegation as regards the search being proper or improper.