The Karnataka Police have issued a discover to Hindutva chief and Puthila Parivara founder Arun Kumar Puthila, directing him to seem earlier than them for a listening to on June 6 relating to his proposed banishment from the Dakshina Kannada district.
The Puttur sub-division assistant commissioner issued the discover beneath Part 58 of the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, on Could 28.
Based on the discover, Puthila should seem both personally or by way of authorized illustration to current his defence towards the banishment proposal.
The discover warns that failure to seem will probably be interpreted as ‘disinterest’ in contesting the proposal, leading to a unilateral resolution primarily based on accessible info.
In the meantime, after pictures of the discover went viral on social media, Puthila’s supporters alleged that the federal government was making an attempt to curtail Hindutva voices within the area. Puthila himself has not but reacted to the discover.
Arun Kumar Puthila contested as a insurgent candidate after the BJP denied him the ticket from the Puttur seat within the 2023 Meeting elections. He misplaced the elections by 4,149 votes to Congress candidate Ashok Kumar Rai.
The police discover got here after the reshuffle of IPS officers within the coastal area, following two current alleged communal murders within the space. Anupam Agrawal, Mangaluru metropolis police commissioner, was transferred as deputy inspector normal (DIG), Financial Offences Wing, Legal Investigation Division (CID). Agrawal was changed by Sudheer Kumar Reddy, who was DIG (Intelligence). Yatish N, Superintendent of Police (SP), Dakshina Kannada, was changed by Arun Ok Hariram Shankar, who was SP (Intelligence).
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