As earlier reported on 11 September during the hearing of the case, Karnataka Advocate-General Prabhuling K Navadgi had told the court that the state Additional Chief Secretary (Home Department) wrote to the Secretary of Union Ministry of Home Affairs on 3 September regarding invoking UAPA in the two cases.
The mob violence on 11 August had started outside DJ Halli police station and later spread to areas within the neighbouring KG Halli Police Station limits. Three persons were killed as police resorted to firing to contain the escalating violence. Another person, who was taken in custody, also died in the hospital due to a pre-existing health condition. The mob had gathered over a provocative and communally-charged social media post by Naveen, the nephew of local MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy. The MLA’s house was set on fire and the DJ Halli police station was partially gutted. Many…