Overview
- Under Section 55 of the Karnataka Police Act, Dakshina Kannada police have flagged 36 individuals for externment to curb repeated communal offences across key taluks.
- Formal notices have been served and a June 6 Puttur hearing has been scheduled for BJP leader Arun Kumar Puthila, with non-appearance risking an ex parte order and possible relocation to Shahabad in Kalaburagi.
- An FIR has been lodged against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for an inflammatory speech delivered at a Bantwal Rural event on May 12.
- Protests have erupted outside Kadaba police station over background checks on communal outfit leaders, with BJP figures alleging the government is targeting Hindu activists.
- Final externment orders await district magistrate approval, and Home Minister G Parameshwara has emphasized that action will apply equally to any lawbreaker regardless of religion.