Ram Sene Chief Mutalik sent to judicial custody till July 28

Mysore, July 25 (ANI): The Sessions Court in Mysore on Saturday denied bail to the Sriram Sene Chief Pramod Mutalik and sent him to judicial custody till July 28 for allegedly making inflammatory speech at Kyathamaranahalli, a Mysore suburb, in April this year.

Mutalik, who had visited Kyathamaranahalli after the communal clashes in April, had allegedly addressed a gathering of local residents in the locality. The Police had registered a case.

On Friday night, Mysore City Police arrested Mutalik from Belgaum city and charged Mutalik under Section 120, 153 and 295 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Senior Police official on Saturday (July 25) said Mutalik had made a provocative speech in the aftermath of the group clashes involving two communities in the city during April this year.

One of the accused arrested for the violence in Mysore, which occurred earlier this month, had revealed that he was inspired by the Mutalik's speech made in April. (ANI)