Bangalore. Two people have been arrested for threatening to kill judges of a special bench of the Karnataka High Court which dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside classrooms.
Kovai Rahmathullah was arrested from Tirunelveli, while S. Jamal Mohammad Usmani was detained from Tanjore. Both were arrested on Saturday night.
The accused are officials of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaat (TNTJ).
The arrests were made after several complaints against the accused in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Police sources said that a case has been registered against several people in this connection.
Last week, a special bench of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S Dixit and Justice Khaji Jayabunnesa Mohiuddin, while dismissing petitions seeking hijab in classrooms, underlined that wearing hijab is not a mandatory part of Islam.
Several organizations in Tamil Nadu are opposing the decision. A video of accused Kovai Rahmatullah went viral in which he was allegedly trying to incite violence against the judges of Karnataka.
In his speech, the accused mentioned about a district judge in Jharkhand and said that people know where the Chief Justice of Karnataka goes for morning walk.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief and former Karnataka cadre IPS officer K. Annamalai, Chief Justice of Madras High Court Justice M.N. Bhandari has demanded an inquiry.
In Karnataka, Vidhana Soudha Police in Bengaluru has registered an FIR based on a complaint by advocate Sudha Katwa. It has been mentioned in the complaint that there are threats of death, criminal intimidation, use of abusive language and attempts to disturb the peace in the state.
The police have registered an FIR under sections 506(1), 505(1)(b), 153A, 109 and 504 of the IPC.
Meanwhile, advocate Umapati has filed a representation in this regard before the Registrar General, Karnataka High Court.
Advocate Association Bangalore has also condemned it.
Police has beefed up the security of the judges of the Karnataka High Court.
—AnyTV News
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