Threat to HC judges: Man held from TN

NT Correspondent

The Bengaluru police on Friday arrested another accused from Tamil Nadu for allegedly issuing death threats to the Karnataka High Court judges, who had dismissed the Hijab-related petitions filed by some Muslim girl students from Udupi district.

The accused has been identified as Jamal Mohammed Usmani, police said. He is also a member of Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ), they added. Earlier the police had arrested Kovai Rahmathullah, another prime accused in the case.

Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said, “The second accused was arrested from Thanjavur and was brought to Bengaluru on Friday. Police are interrogating the accused to find out if there are any organisations behind the two accused who had threatened the judges,” he said.

The accused were arrested after a video went viral, where Rahmathullah was purportedly heard issuing death threats to the judges who pronounced the verdict.