By TNM Staff
Bengaluru police have arrested murder accused Hindutva activist Puneet Kerehalli and his associate after a landlord alleged that they threatened and abused him, and accused him of harbouring “Bangladeshi migrants”.
Bannerghatta police arrested Puneet Kerehalli (34) and Dr Nagendrappa (38) late on Friday night, January 16, amid a large number of police personnel who had been deployed to maintain law and order.
Kerehalli heads the Rashtra Rakshana Pade, a Hindutva outfit, and is accused of chasing, beating, and murdering cattle trader Idrees Pasha in April 2023.
The arrest follows a complaint by a man named Siddesh K, a resident of Doggathogur, with the Bannerghatta police station. Siddesh said in his complaint that his uncle Mallikarjun called him late on the night of January 12 and told him that there was a commotion at his rented out building near Sai Brindavana layout in S Bingipura village.
When Siddesh reached the building a little after midnight, Puneet Kerehalli and Nagandrappa Shiroor and others were arguing with the residents, demanding to know “why Bangladeshis were in Bengaluru”.
When he tried to intervene, they demanded to know why he had rented out the house to “Bangladeshis” and abused and threatened him.
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