RSS leader booked over alleged inflammatory speech in Dakshina Kannada

MANGALURU: An FIR was registered against an RSS leader on Monday for allegedly delivering an inflammatory speech that could incite communal tension, police said.

The accused, Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat , delivered the speech on May 12 during a condolence meeting organised in memory of a Hindutva activist and a known rowdy-sheeter Shuhas Shetty who was murdered in the Mangaluru on May 1, they said.

According to a police statement, the programme was held at Madwa Palace Convention Hall in Kavalapadur village under the Bantwal Rural Police Station jurisdiction.

Police said that Bhat addressed a gathering of around 500 people at the event and allegedly made provocative statements that could disturb public harmony and foster enmity between communities.

A case was registered against him under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Further legal action is being pursued, the police added.