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The Sidlaghatta constabulary connected Monday arrested Rajeev Gowda, a Congress person and the accused successful a menace lawsuit involving a civic official, astatine the Kerala border, ending his days-long evasion.
Rajeev Gowda, who had been connected the tally since January 14, was arrested by a peculiar constabulary squad aft sustained tracking.
He is accused successful a lawsuit registered astatine the Sidlaghatta Town Police Station for allegedly abusing and threatening the Sidlaghatta municipal commissioner implicit the phone. The speech went viral and led to nationalist outrage.
According to the police, the accused had initially fled to Mangaluru aft the FIR was registered and aboriginal moved towards Kerala successful an effort to evade arrest. Acting connected circumstantial intelligence, the constabulary traced his question and apprehended him astatine the Kerala borderline connected Monday evening.
The constabulary said the accused was being brought to Sidlaghatta nether choky security. He is apt to beryllium produced earlier a tribunal and remanded successful judicial custody.
The lawsuit was registered pursuing a ailment by Amrutha Gowda, who alleged that Rajeev Gowda abused her implicit the telephone and threatened her with dire consequences aft she removed a banner bearing his photographs.
The contented soon snowballed into a governmental controversy, triggering a blasted crippled betwixt the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP. Following the allegations, the Congress suspended Rajeev Gowda from enactment membership.
The BJP accused the State authorities of shielding the accused and demanded his contiguous arrest. The enactment workers had besides announced plans for a monolithic protest, prompting the constabulary to expedite efforts to hint and apprehension him.
