Journo’s arrest: Shobha Karandlaje writes to Rajnath Singh

Bengaluru: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru BJP MP and party state general secretary Shobha Karandlaje has sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the episode pertaining to the arrest of journalist S.A. Hemanth Kumar in connection with a fake letter circulated on the  separate religion status for Lingayats.

The BJP leader requested Mr Singh to instruct the Karnataka DG and IGP to stop vindictive steps against BJP workers.

Instead of finding the real culprits, who allegedly faked the letter of Home Minister M.B. Patil or checking the authenticity of the letter, the police had arrested an innocent journalist who is not  involved in the conspiracy, she claimed adding that Hemanth Kumar is being falsely framed by the police to please Mr M.B. Patil.

State police chief Neelamani N. Raju had failed to come up with a convincing reply on the arrest of Hemanth Kumar when a BJP delegation met her on Saturday, said Ms Karandlaje adding that this clearly shows the police is acting at the behest of Mr Patil.

She also referred to the fact that the case has been  transferred to the CID, where the CID DIG, Hemanth Nimbalkar is likely to investigate the case. His wife Anjali Nimbalkar is a Congress MLA and there is every chance of Mr Nimbalkar acting vindictively to please Congress leaders in this case, Ms Karandlaje argued.

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