Bengaluru: Former BJP legislator from Kudligi NY Gopalakrishna, who had resigned as MLA recently, has joined the Congress.

In a program held at the Karnataka Congress office on Monday, Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah and KPCC President DK Shivakumar formally welcomed the former MLA to the party.

Gopalakrishna met Speaker Vishweshar Hegde Kageri at the latter’s residence in Sirsi recently and submitted his resignation.

It is also reported that Gopalakrishna will be contesting from Molakalmur constituency in the upcoming elections.

 

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Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.

The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.

According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.

Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.

Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.

After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.