Bengaluru, Feb 22: An inebriated man hurled a chocolate packet at chief minister Siddaramaiah at Ravindra Kalakshetra on Sunday morning, setting off a bomb scare.
Reports said the man in his late 30s cried 'bomb' as he aimed the packet at the CM. The chief minister's security personnel seized the cover and opened it, only to find a few pieces of chocolates inside. They detained the man, identified as B H J Prasad, a BBMP forest wing employee. The incident took place during the golden jubilee celebration of Udayabhanu Kala Sangha.
Sources said the trouble started when Prasad, from the balcony of the auditorium, interrupted the CM's speech asking him to list what he has done for his community. As the CM enquired Prasad about his community, the man threw an object towards him.
The crowd panicked initially, but it was soon found that the packet sealed with red tape contained chocolates. SJ Park police detained Prasad and released him on bail in the evening.
According to police, Prasad, said to be from Savita Samaja, was aggrieved as he couldn't enter active politics.
Siddaramaiah termed the incident part of a democracy and said he would look into the issues raised by Prasad's community.
Deputy commissioner of police (central) Sandeep Patil said Prasad was making incoherent statements during questioning. "We haven't pressed charges against him. We're trying to ascertain if he's psychologically fit. We've summoned his wife to get more details about him," he said.
He has been booked for public nuisance under IPC Section 290 and Section 92 of the Karnataka Police Act.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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would have thrown really bomb.
he is drunk or mentaly loose,becouse his name is ravindra,,,,
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