UP man picked up for burning Karnataka flag

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The city police arrested a man from Uttar Pradesh for allegedly burning a Karnataka flag in HSR Layout. Amritesh Tiwari, a native of Varanasi was picked up based on a complaint filed by the residents, who had witnessed him burning a flag near Parangipalya on Sunday evening.

The residents took the flag from him and doused the fire. According to sources, Tiwari burned the flag in protest against the illegal detention of his friends by the city police. However, when asked, the police said that they had no knowledge about it.

A case has been registered against him, they said. Meanwhile, Tiwari has been released on bail. It was revealed that he had been working at a private firm in Bengaluru for the past couple of months.