The Bengaluru metropolis police on Wednesday arrested Bigg Boss Kannada contestant Rajath Kishan for violating circumstances of the bail granted to him in reference to a case registered in opposition to him for alleged public nuisance and violations of the Arms Act.
Kishan and one other former Bigg Boss contestant Vinay Gowda had been arrested by the Basaveshwara Nagar police final month for brandishing a machete in a reel on Instagram. The video, uploaded beneath the deal with “bujjjjii,” confirmed Kishan and Gowda wielding a machete, posing for the digital camera, and strolling in public.
In keeping with a police official, Kishan failed to show up after the police summoned him for questioning within the case, in violation of one of many bail circumstances. A non-bailable warrant was issued in opposition to him, following which Kishan was arrested and after being offered earlier than a Justice of the Peace, was remanded to judicial custody. In the meantime, Gowda appeared earlier than the courtroom voluntarily, and was fined Rs. 500.
Each had been later launched on conditional bail after surrendering the machete, which seemed to be a film prop manufactured from fibre. Nonetheless, additional investigation revealed that the weapon displayed within the video was completely different that the one surrendered, prompting the police to take recent motion.
A suo motu FIR was registered in opposition to Kishan and Gowda on March 20, based mostly on a grievance from the police station’s social media monitoring cell. The 2 males had been charged beneath Part 270 (public nuisance) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and related sections of the Arms Act.
They had been stored in police custody for 3 days earlier than being launched on conditional bail on March 24.
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