Mysore, July 26: Sri Rama Sena Chief Pramod Muthalik, arrested on charges of making inflammatory speeches during communal riots in Mysore and remanded to judicial custody till August seven by a local court, was shifted from a jail here to Bellary prison due to security reasons on Sunday, police said.
The second Additional Chief Metropolitan Court yesterday remanded the chief of the right-wing outfit to judicial custody.
Muthalik (46) was arrested on Friday night from Belgaum for allegedly making speeches hurting sentiments of a particular community during the Mysore communal clashes in the first week of June which left three persons dead.
On June two, communal clashes broke out in Mysore over the alleged defiling of a madrassa.
Muthalik had alleged that his arrest was a conspiracy to throw in jail all those who spoke for Hindus.
–Agencies–