Sri Ram Sene chief Muthalik arrested for inciting violence in Mysore

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SRS Chief Muthalik held for Mysore riots

UNI, Jul 25, 2009

ARRESTED AGAIN: Police sources say Muthalik has been held on charges of making an inflammatory speech.

July 25, 2009

Belgaum: Mysore Police have arrested the International Secretary of extreme right-wing Sri Rama Sena (SRS) Pramod Muthalik on charges of delivering an 'inflammatory' speech in the aftermath of the group clashes involving two communities in the city during April this year.

A team of policemen from Mysore arrived in the city on Friday and arrested the pro-Hindu outfit leader.

They immediately took him to Mysore where he would be produced in a court later on Saturday.

Police sources said Muthalik was held on charges of making an inflammatory speech at Kyatamaranahalli in Mysore, which witnessed two violent incidents in April and earlier this month.

While one person was killed in police firing in the April incident, three were killed in violence this month.

The main accused behind the incident of desecration of a religious school in the troubled area, arrested a few days ago by the police had revealed that he was 'inspired' by the speech made by Muthalik after two places of worship were desecrated during the April riots.

Muthalik had been in the eye of storm recently after his followers attacked a pub in Mangalore and beat up girls who were in it. SRS Chief held for Mysore riots.

"There's a prima facie case against him (Muthalik) and we have evidence of his involvement in defiling a madarsa. The FIR is available here and there is no requirement of a warrant for arrest. The police officer is competent to arrest without a warrant in a cognizable case and after his arrest, Muthalik will be officially brought before judicial court"
— Mysore Police Commissioner, Sunil Agarwal to CNN-IBN

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The Times of India

Sri Ram Sene chief Muthalik arrested for inciting violence in Mysore
PTI 25 July 2009, 02:28pm IST
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MYSORE: Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik was arrested in Belgaum for allegedly making an inflammatory speech here last month. (Watch)

He was arrested on Friday night for allegedly making an inflammatory speech and inciting violence in the city, police said.

Violence sparked off in the city on July 2 over desecration of a madrassa and the communal clashes that followed claimed three lives.

Meanwhile, the city police took one Fayaz, a resident of Udayagiri locality, into custody for distributing pamphlets with alleged inflammatory contents.

Muthalik was first arrested by the Belgaum police on January 27 in connection with a case for distributing pamphlets with provocative slogans in Davanagere on January 4.

After he was granted bail in the case, a police team from Manglore re-arrested Muthalik on January 28 in connection with the attack on a pub.