Bengaluru: After Basavaraj Bommai, Minister for Home Affairs in the state of Karnataka accused Social Democratic Party of India for Bengaluru clashes, a nationwide demand is being put forward to ban SDPI.
Police revealed, besides main accused Mohammed Muzamil three other persons have been arrested.
According to reports, MP Shobha Karandlaje, Union Minister D. V. Sadananda Gowda, political secretary of Chief Minister M. P. Renukacharya, Legislator Vishwanath, and many BJP leaders have been urging Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa to ban the organisation in the state.
Sources say, this is not the first time a ban on SDPI is being demanded. After the CAA violence in Mangalore, the state government was mulling over banning the outfit.
Basavaraj Bommai, Minister for Home Affairs in Karnataka said that the probe is underway. Further, he has asked for details regarding the role of SDPI in recent riots across the state. He, however, admitted that there was prima facie evidence to prove the involvement of SDPI in the arson and riots in Bengaluru.
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SDPI was formed on 21st June 2009 in New Delhi and registered with the Election Commission of India on 13 April 2010. Kalachan MoideenKutty (MK Faizy), the National President of SDPI, is one of the outfit’s founding members. The SDPI website says it was founded “for the advancement and uniform development of all the citizenry including Muslims, Dalits, Backward Classes, and Adivasis."
A violence broke out in parts of Bengaluru on Tuesday, over a "derogatory" social media post by Congress MLA Srinivas Murthy's nephew, Naveen, who was later arrested.
Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) was extended in areas under DJ Halli and KG Halli police station limits till 6 am on August 15. Section 144 prohibits the gathering of four or more people at a place.
