Mangaluru, Jan 24: Stepping up the attack on the Union government's act of rejecting the Sree Narayana Guru tableau proposed by Kerala government for the Republic day parade, Congress MLC B K Hariprasad on Monday said BJP is insulting' the Guru for getting wiped out in the last assembly elections in Kerala.

Addressing reporters here, he said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel should clarify the exact reason behind the tableau's rejection.

Hariprasad said Sree Narayana Guru has been insulted by the Centre. In order to portray Narendra Modi as Vishwa Guru, the BJP has always been insulting social reformers, writers, poets and freedom fighters, he alleged.

He said BJP is not ready to accept the Guru's philosophy of one caste, one religion and one God.

Congress leaders including U T Khader MLA, former MLC Ivan D'Souza and district Congress president Harish Kumar were among those present.

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Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.

The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.

Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.

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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.

On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.

Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.