Jailed gangster Jayesh Pujari raises pro-Pak slogans inside court premises in Karnataka, roughed up
Jayesh Pujari allegedly raised pro-Pakistan slogans on the premises of a court in Belagavi, Karnataka, where he was brought on Wednesday in connection with the hearing in a pending case against him, police said. Following this, he was allegedly roughed up by people and advocates who assembled there, they said.
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«We don't have a conclusive answer as to why he shouted those slogans. We are investigating,» a senior police official said.
Pujari had a hearing scheduled today in connection with a 2018 case registered against him and so was brought to the court from Central Prison, Hindalga, where he is lodged, police said.
The case was registered after he allegedly threatened one of the then Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Alok Kumar, the police official told PTI, adding, he is also a convict in a double murder case.
On Wednesday, when he was being produced in the court, he allegedly shouted ' 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans inside the court premises, he said.
Police personnel present there immediately secured him and brought him to the police station.
Asked if he was assaulted over the raising of pro-Pakistan slogans, the official said: «We are investigating, we still need to find out what
