NIA arrests 17 SDPI and PFI leaders in connection with Bengaluru rioting case @NIA India National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested 17 SDPI and PFI leaders and activists for their involvement in the violent attack and large scale rioting in Bengaluru in August this year. The violence took place after a Facebook post by the nephew of Congress MLA AS Murthy. The case was originally registered as FIR in KG Halli Police Station on 12th August this year and it was later reregistered by NIA on 21st September.
NIA said, the investigation so far has revealed that the SDPI leaders - Md. Sharieff, President, Bengaluru District SDPI; Imran Ahmed President KG Halli Ward; 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 11th August. Wherein they conspired, mobilised and led the crowd gathered at KG Halli Police station to attack the
Bengaluru riots: A deliberate attempt to create terror as NIA nets 187
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Updated: Tuesday, December 22, 2020, 16:17 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 22: The number of persons arrested by the National Investigation Agency in connection with the Bengaluru riots case is now 187. 17 more persons have been arrested by the NIA in connection with the case.
The case pertains to a violent attack in Bengaluru on August 11 2020 following a Facebook post by Naveen, the nephew of Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, who is a Congress MLA from Pulakeshi Nagar.
File Photo of Bengaluru mob attack in August
The NIA has found that the SDPI leaders, Mohammad Sharieff, President, Bengaluru District SDPI, Imran Ahmed, President, KG Halli Ward, along with other senior leaders like Rubah Waqas, Shabbar Khan and Shaik Ajmal had conducted meetings at Thanissandra and KG Halli wards in Bengaluru on August 11 where they conspired, mobilised and led the crowd gathered at KG Halli Police station to attack the police personnel
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
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Bengaluru riots: 17 SDPI-PFI activists arrested for misusing social media to spread terror
Bengaluru riots: 17 SDPI-PFI activists arrested for misusing social media to spread terror
Probing the riots that shook Bengaluru in August of this year, the NIA said that the accused conspired, mobilized and led the crowd that had gathered outside the KG Halli police station to attack police personnel and cause damage to public and private property.
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UPDATED: December 21, 2020 23:00 IST
Security personnel carrying out a flag march in riot-hit areas in Bengaluru on August 13 (Photo Credits: PTI)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested 17 persons in the Bengaluru riots case. The accused are office-bearers, active members and sympathizers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the Popular Front of India (PFI).