(Express Photo)The Bengaluru police have arrested 60 more people, including Congress corporator Irshad Begum’s husband Kaleem Pasha on Friday, in connection with the violence in areas of east Bengaluru and an attack on DJ Halli police station Tuesday night that was allegedly triggered by a social media post. According to FIR Pasha is one of the conspirators behind the violence took place east Bengaluru on Tuesday. The mob also damaged public and private properties in DJ Halli and KG Halli police station limits of Bengaluru. Senior BJP leader and general secretary (organisation) B L Santosh said in a tweet, “Kalim Pasha , husband of @INCKarnataka corporator arrested. Meanwhile, a senior official said, 80 arrested accused in the Bengaluru violence case have been shifted to Ballari central prison which is 307 km from the state’s capital Bengaluru.

Source: Indian Express August 14, 2020 12:59 UTC