“Bangalore Riots 2020: Karnataka HC denies bail to accused Imran Ahmed; calls the incident meticulously pre-planned”, Organiser, June 12, 2023:

“The Karnataka High Court has refused bail to the accused Imran Ahmed charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), for his alleged role in the Bengaluru Riots 2020 in the interest of public safety and society over individual liberty. The court noted that the prima facie complicity of the accused had been recorded after examining the material on record.

On August 11, 2020, riots broke out in Bangalore’s KG Halli area wherein “miscreants” attacked the local police station and set it on fire. The miscreants also caused extensive damage to public and private property, ransacking government and private vehicles.

The police were attacked with stones, iron rods, wooden sticks, improvised petrol bombs and other weapons. The police then resorted to lathi charge and firing to dispel the “organized offenders…..”

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