The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday took over the inquiry into the violence that took place in Bengaluru last month, over an allegedly derogatory Facebook post about Prophet Muhammad by a relative of Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, PTI reported. The case was earlier being handled by an investigation team set up by the Bengaluru police.
The investigation agency also named Social Democratic Party of India’s district secretary Muzammil Pasha for “instigating the mob” in the city, according to The Indian Express. The group is the political arm of the Popular Front of India, a Muslim organisation that describes itself on its Facebook page as working for equal rights, freedom, justice and security for all Indians. The Karnataka government had also blamed the group for the violence.
“The state secretary of SDPI, Muzamil Pasha, had earlier called a meeting…