Bangalore police commissioner Shankar Bidari was vociferous in defence of his colleagues who used force to disperse the huge crowd that came to purchase tickets for the India-England World Cup match in Bangalore on Thursday.
Two persons have been arrested and three taken into custody for questioning in connection with the attack against Sri Rama Sene founder Pramod Muthalik in Bengaluru while protesting over his outfit's agitation against celebrating Valentines Day.
Three more people have been arrested in connection with the serial blasts that rocked the city in July last year on the basis of interrogation of two Lashkar-e-Tayiba suspects, a top police official said.
A betting racket, in connection with the India-England World Cup tie played in Bangalore on Sunday, was busted and two persons arrested thereafter, a top police official said.
Striking a different note from Karnataka Home Minister V S Acharya, Bengaluru police on Wednesday said the role of Peoples Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani, an accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Bengaluru, has 'not been proven' so far in the twin explosions near a cricket stadium early this year.
City Police Commissioner Shankar Bidari asked IPL to reverse its "unfair" decision on shifting venue from Bangalore to Navi Mumbai on security reasons, saying it was taken on the basis of "baseless and false presumption."
The recent sensational triple murder of a family in Bengaluru has been solved with the arrest of three persons and recovery of Rs 2.5 lakh worth gold ornaments, Rs 11,500 in cash and four mobiles from them.
The Kudankulam agitation has been on for 400 days now, and Superintendent of police Vijayendra Bidari Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu has been tracking, controlling and following it closely.
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