Two Congress MLAs Questioned Over Bengaluru Violence

Bengaluru:

The NIA probing the August 11 violence in Bengaluru over an alleged inflammatory social media put up has questioned two Congress MLAs, B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan and Rizwan Arshad, who have been current on the spot on that day.

“Sure, me and Rizwan Arshad have been summoned yesterday and questioned in reference to the violence. Since we have been there on August 11 evening from 9.30 PM to about 1 AM, they wished to determine if we knew who had instigated the mob,” Mr Khan advised PTI.

The Chamarajpet MLA stated the NIA officers haven’t advised them something about showing earlier than the company once more.

The Nationwide Investigation Company has arrested Sayed Saddiq Ali (44) in reference to the violence.

In addition to the NIA, the Central Crime Department of Bengaluru metropolis police can be probing the case in a coordinated method, stated police sources.

The CCB had on Monday submitted an 850-page preliminary cost sheet in a metropolis courtroom, naming former Congress mayor R Sampath Raj and a sitting Congress corporator Abdul Rakeeb Zakir as accused.

Three individuals have been killed after police opened hearth on the evening of August 11 to quell a mob that went on a rampage in a metropolis locality, irked over a social media put up allegedly put out by a Congress legislator’s relative.

Scores, together with round 50 policemen, have been injured within the violence, apparently triggered by the net put up. Pulakeshi Nagar MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy’s residence and a police station at D J Halli have been amongst these focused by the offended mob.

The home of the MLA, who was not at dwelling on the time, was allegedly set on hearth.

The rioters additionally torched many police and personal automobiles, badly broken the home and looted the belongings of MLA Murthy and people of his sister.

Thus far, 421 individuals have been arrested, together with Social Democratic Celebration of India chief Muzammil Pasha.

House Minister Basavaraj Bommai had claimed that the interior strife within the Congress, coupled with the approaching BBMP (metropolis company) elections, had resulted within the violence.

Nevertheless state Congress chief D Ok Shivakumar had dismissed the cost and alleged that the federal government was attempting to cowl up its failure to stop the riots by giving deceptive statements.

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