Moodigere: The Police here have arrested the Moodigere town unit BJP Yuva Morcha President M V Anil on the charges of instigating the suicide of Dhanya (20), a first year B.Com student of a first grade college in the town. Dhanya had ended her life on January 6, Saturday. Incidentally, the accused is said to be an influential man who is also known to Mysuru- Kodagu MP Pratap Sinha and MLA C T Ravi.

It is alleged that Anil along with other Sangh Parivar activists had recently been to the residence of the girl at Moodigere Chatra Maidan locality and had pulled her up for allegedly having friendship with a youth from another faith. The deceased girl was the only daughter of Yadava and Saraswathi couple.

It is said that a youth named Santosh of Belthangady had earlier chatted with Dhanya on WhatsApp wherein he had reportedly threatened her against having friendship with a youth of another community. He had taken the screenshot of the WhatsApp chat and had circulated it in the social media while also bringing the same to the notice of the Parivar activists.

It was following this that the latter had visited Dhanya's house and threatened her. Sources said they had told her parents that "their daughter was moving around with a Muslim boy and was a victim of Love Jihad."

It is believed that Dhanya who felt severely offended following this incident had taken the drastic step of ending her life by hanging herself on January 6 afternoon.

Though initially an attempt was made to hush up the incident by trying to state that she ended her life after her father snatched her mobile, later following allegations of shielding the accused, the cops filed FIR against four accused and managed to arrest one of them. The rest three are absconding and search is underway for them.

It is said Dhanya has even left behind a death note. Chikkamagaluru SP Annamalai has said that Police Department has taken this case very seriously.

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New Delhi, Nov 14: India on Thursday said it will pursue an extradition request with Canada for Arsh Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla, the de-facto chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force, following his arrest in that country.

Dalla was designated in India as a terrorist in 2023.

In July 2023, India had requested the Canadian government for his provisional arrest.

"In view of the recent arrest, our agencies will be following up on an extradition request," Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

"Given Arsh Dalla's criminal record in India and his involvement in similar illegal activities in Canada, it is expected that he will be extradited or deported to face justice in India," he added.

Dalla was reportedly arrested by the Canadian Police late last month.

"We have seen media reports circulating since November 10 on the arrest in Canada of proclaimed offender Arsh Singh Gill alias Arsh Dalla, the de-facto chief of the Khalistan Tiger Force," Jaiswal said.

"Canadian print and visual media have widely reported on the arrest. We understand that the Ontario Court has listed the case for hearing," he added.

Jaiswal was replying to media queries regarding the arrest of Dalla.

"Arsh Dalla is a proclaimed offender in over 50 cases of murder, attempt to murder, extortion and terrorist acts, including terror financing. In May 2022, a Red Corner Notice was issued against him," Jaiswal said.

"He was designated in India as an individual terrorist in 2023. In July 2023, the Government of India had requested the Canadian government for his provisional arrest. This was declined," he added.

Jaiswal said India had provided additional information in the case to the Canadian authorities.

"A separate request was also sent to Canada under the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to verify Arsh Dalla's suspected residential address, his financial transactions to India, moveable/immovable properties, details of mobile numbers etc - all of which were provided to Canadian authorities in January 2023," Jaiswal said.

"In December 2023, the Department of Justice of Canada sought additional information on the case. A reply to these queries was sent in March this year," he added.