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Bengaluru violence: 60 more including BBMP corporator's husband arrested

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Sixty more people have been arrested in connection with violence in Bengaluru over a derogatory social media post earlier this week, said Sandeep Patil, Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime).

ANI Aug 14, 2020 08:53 IST googleads

Visual of vehicles burnt by angry mob as the violence broke out over an alleged inciting social media post, at DJ Halli police station, in Bengaluru. (Photo/ANI)

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Sixty more people have been arrested in connection with violence in Bengaluru over a derogatory social media post earlier this week, said Sandeep Patil, Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime).
Among those who were arrested include Kaleem Pasha, the husband of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) corporator from Nagwara ward - Irshad Begum.
The police have arrested 206 people so far in connection with the violence, Patil said.
Three people were killed and several others suffered injuries after violence erupted in the eastern part of the city on Tuesday night over a social media post made allegedly by Congress MLA Srinivas Murthy's nephew Naveen.
Accused Naveen has also been arrested now.
Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that a district magistrate will hold an inquiry into the violence. (ANI)

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