Bantwal, Feb 26: As many as seven activists of Popular Front of India have been nabbed in different parts of Bantwal taluk by the police in connection with post-PFI rally violence in Shivamogga.
At least two persons were killed and several injured in the aftermath of a communal clash that erupted after miscreants pelted stones at a PFI rally on February 19.
Police sources said that they picked up the PFI activists in Bantwal on Tuesday night after watching the video footage of PFI rally and the clashes.
A team of police from Shivamogga rural station searched for them for two days at Kelaginapete, Kalladka and Farangipet in the taluk, it is learnt.
According to police, around 60 PFI activists from Bantwal were present during the clashes in Shivamogga.
Two persons residing around Kelaginapete here were arrested from railway station area at Kaikunje here, while five others were taken into custody from in and around Farangipet, sources said.
Meanwhile, cops are keeping a close watch on those who led the team of PFI activists from the taluk and also those who had been seen taking active part in the PFI rallies held at Shivamogga and Mysuru, sources said.
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