Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Sep 19: A total of 11 persons including a woman stand arrested by the city police personnel in connection with the burning down of buses belonging to KPN Travels during the agitation against the Supreme Court verdict in Cauvery river water sharing row in the state on September 12. A number of people have handed over video recordings of the violent rampage in the city on this fateful day, and a total of 28 video footages have been gathered by the department so far.
The police are hunting for the other accused. The arrested woman has been identified as Bhagyashree (21), a resident of D'Souza Nagar in the city. She belongs to Yadagiri district and has been a resident of the city since the last three years. Bhagyashree earns her living by working as coolie. She is claimed to have been enticed into torching the buses by miscreants who offered her Biryani in return for setting buses on fire. Rajarajeshwari Nagar police confirmed about the identity of the woman.
During the riots on September 12, 42 persons including Bhagyashree had torched 42 buses belonging to KPN Travels. She was arrested on Friday. During her interrogation on Sunday, she is believed to have given details about some miscreants involved with this act.
In all likelihood, the government will issue an order to hand over investigation into the incident in which buses belonging to KPN Travels were torched in its entirety to criminal investigation department. The order is likely to be issued today.