Bengaluru riots: Police working to secure maximum punishment for rioters

<p class="p1">Bengaluru city police are aiming to secure maximum punishment possible on people involved in the recent riots, an official said today.</p>
<p class="p1">"Our main intention is to send them behind bars as long as possible," Central Crime Branch (CCB) Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Kuldeep Jain told IANS.</p>
<p class="p1">He said the police department will plead with the court to not allow them outside as releasing them will send a wrong message.</p>
<p class="p1">Jain said if these people are let out, it will convey a message that anybody can commit any crime and easily dodge jail terms.</p>
<p class="p1">The DCP said already 400 accused have been arrested in the riots case which shook the city on the night of August 11.</p>
<p class="p1">"We have received a lot of leads and we are continuing our investigation," he said when asked about the angle of terror links of some of the rioters.</p>
<p class="p1">Meanwhile, Jain clarified that Mudassir Ahmed, one of the rioters, was not picked up from Hyderabad but arrested in the city itself.</p>
<p class="p1">P. Naveen, Pulikeshinagar Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy's nephew, continues to be in jail even as attempts are being made to release him on bail.</p>
<p class="p1">On August 11, hundreds of people ran amok after Naveen posted a derogatory message on social media. Police resorted to firing to control the mobs, leading to the death of three youths.</p>
<p class="p1">The mobs pelted stones, injured 60 policemen, and committed acts of vandalism and arson in D.J. Halli, K.G. Halli, Pulikeshinagar and Kaval Byrasandra areas.</p>.