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Ballari Police connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) detained 8 persons successful transportation with the occurrence that broke retired astatine a exemplary location owned by Aruna Janardhan Reddy, woman of Gangavathi MLA Gali Janardhan Reddy, astatine a gated spot improvement connected Bellary-Belagallu Road.
The 8 persons see 2 adults and six juveniles, Inspector General of Police (Ballari) P.S. Harsha said.
The incidental connected Friday nighttime (January 23, 2026) was reported wrong the limits of the Ballari Rural Police Station aft Rizwaan, tract manager of the G-Square gated layout, lodged a ailment astir a occurrence astatine a exemplary location constructed connected the premises.
On receiving the information, constabulary teams rushed to the spot and alerted the Fire and Emergency Services, which promptly brought the blaze nether control.
“All prescribed probe protocols and modular operating procedures were followed. A Scene of Crime Officer (SOCO) squad was deployed for technological introspection and grounds collection,” Mr. Harsha informed the media successful an physics communication.
Based connected technological leads gathered from the scene, constabulary detained 8 persons. The 2 adults person been identified arsenic Sohail alias Sahil (18), a boutique idiosyncratic from Tailor Street, Cowl Bazaar, and Astham alias Suresh (32), who runs a fancy store successful the aforesaid locality. The remaining six are juveniles, whose identities were withheld successful accordance with the Juvenile Justice Act. They volition beryllium dealt with strictly arsenic per the process laid down nether the law, the IGP said.
The IGP noted that preliminary enquiry suggested that the incidental occurred erstwhile the radical of boys gained entree to the rooftop of the exemplary location to sprout societal media reels and instrumentality photographs and videos.
“In the process, allegedly without realising the seriousness and consequences of their actions, 2 members of the radical lit a fire, which subsequently escalated into a large blaze,” Mr. Harsha said.
He added that each the secured persons had been questioned and their statements were recovered to beryllium accordant with the worldly grounds collected truthful far. Further probe is nether way, and indispensable ineligible enactment volition beryllium initiated based connected the result of the probe.
