Woman arrested in Bengaluru for holding "Kashmir Mukti Dalit

Mukti" placard
(Eds: Updates with arrest, remand to judicial custody)
Bengaluru, Feb 21 (PTI) A day after pro-Pakistan slogans
were raised by an agitator at an anti-CAA event here, a young
woman was arrested on Friday for holding a "Kashmir Mukti
(liberation), Dalit Mukti, Muslim Mukti" placard at a counter
protest in the city, police said.
A case had been registered against her for offences under
the Indian Penal Code, including creating enmity between
different groups of people against the woman, identified as
Arudra, they said.
"We have registered the case suo moto (on their own) for
creating enmity between different groups of people,"Deputy
Commissioner of Police Chetan Singh Rathore said.
The woman was produced before a city court judge, who
remanded her to 14 days judicial custody till March 5.
Holding the placard with the slogans, Arudra was spotted
sitting among the participants of the protest,organised by the
Hindu Jagaran Vedike against Amulya Leona, who had shouted
"Pakistan Zindabad" on Thursday.
She was escorted out of the place as protesters asked her
to leave and crowd started gathering, city police chief
Bhaskar Rao had said.
"She was taken into custody for her own safety along with
the placard... we will find out her background, where she has
come from and who are behind her among other things," Rao had
earlier told reporters, adding she did not raise any slogan.
The "Kashmir Mukti, Dalit Mukti, Muslim Mukti" slogans
were written in both Kannada and English in the placard held
by her.
The Hindu Jagaran Vedike organised the protest against
Amulya Leona who had raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan thrice
at an even against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
She had made the controversial slogans in the presence of
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin
Owaisi after the organisers of the event under the banner of
"Save Constitution" invited her to address the gathering,
prompting him to denounce her act.
After being removed from the stage, Amulya was later
arrested on charges of sedition and produced before a
magistrate court, which remanded her to 14 days judicial
custody.
An upset Owaisi had said he would not have participated
in the protest had he known that the woman had been invited
for the event and asserted his party had no links with her.
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