Will behead Siddaramaiah if he consumes beef: BJP leader
He has been charged under sections 506, 153 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code
Shivamogga/Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who stirred up a storm last week when he said he will eat beef if he wants to and nobody could stop an Indian from eating what he wanted to, has been threatened with beheading if he does so.
The threat which didn’t name the CM directly, came from former Shivamogga city municipal president and district BJP general secretary S.N. Channabasappa. He has been charged under sections 506, 153 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code and was arrested by Doddapete police in Shivamogga on Tuesday.
The District Congress Committee headed by R. Prasanna Kumar met Shivamogga SP Ravi D. Channannavar and lodged a complaint against Mr Channabasappa in the morning subsequent to which he was arrested.
According to the FIR, “On November 2 during the BJP protest at Gopi Circle, Mr Channabasappa made the threat and used unruly words against the CM, saying if he had guts, let him come to Gopi Circle and eat cow meat, we will then behead him”.
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