KPCC delegation meets DGP, seeks arrest of Anantkumar Hegde, Karandlaje for provocative statements

Vartha Bharati | 10-04-2020 | 17:45:00 IST

Bengaluru: A delegation of KPCC leaders on Friday met Karnataka DGP Parvin Sood and handed over a formal complaint against Ananth Kumar Hegde, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Renukacharya, MP Shobha Karandlaje for allegedly giving out provocative statements against a particular minority community in the wake of spread of the COVID-19.

KPCC working president Saleem Ahmed, MLCs Narayanswamy, MC Venugopal and others were part of the delegation that met Sood at Karnataka Police Headquarters on Friday.

In the complaint KPCC has demanded that all these BJP leaders be booked under IPC section 153 (a) and be arrested at the earliest.

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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets

29-04-2026 ¦ 29-04-2026 IST

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Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.

Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.

Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.

Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.

MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.

MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.

Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.

Brief Scores:

Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).

Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).