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17 Nov, 12 tweets, 6 min read
#Breaking 1st on TIMES NOW | First visuals of Congress mayor Sampath Raj arrested in Bengaluru in the riots case.

Sampath Raj was absconding for weeks before his arrest last night.
#NewsUpdate | Interrogation of Sampath Raj is ongoing at the CCB headquarters in Bengaluru.

Report by Imran.
Police have achieved a big breakthrough in the Bengaluru riots case. I am sure many new facts will emerge now that Sampath Raj has been nabbed: Karnataka BJP Spokesperson, @sprakaashbjp, tells TIMES NOW.
Let the investigation agencies do their job. BJP is trying to divert the attention of the people: Brijesh Kalappa, Congress Spokesperson, tells TIMES NOW, over the arrest of Bengaluru riot accused Sampath Raj.
Congress is showing complete faith in Sampath Raj, but they have no sympathy for their own MLA whose house was torched in the riots: Karnataka BJP Spokerperson, @sprakaashbjp, tells TIMES NOW.
#Breaking | 'Karnataka Joint CP to address PC at 10:30 am to share more details on the arrest of Bengaluru riot conspirator Sampath Raj', says Investigation Officer for the case.
#Breaking | Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai reacts to the arrest of Sampath Raj.

‘He was absconding, but now we have caught him. If he was innocent, he would not have absconded.’
#Breaking | Congress party alleges witch-hunt after the arrest of Sampath Raj.

Suraj Hegde, Congress leader, calls the arrest ‘malicious targeting of individuals for the sake of politically implicating them.’
#EXCLUSIVE | DK Shivakumar speaks to TIMES NOW over the arrest of former aide Sampath Raj.

‘Law will take its own course. No Congress-man was involved in the riots.’
It is a matter of shame. The Congress party should suspend Sampath Raj immediately: Karnataka BJP Spokerperson, @sprakaashbjp, on the arrest of Sampath Raj in the Bengaluru riots case.
‘Already 53 accused have been arrested in the Bengaluru riots case, including Sampath Raj, who was absconding’, says JCP Crime, Bengaluru city, @ips_patil.
Whatever crime was committed by Sampath Raj, he should get appropriate punishment for it: Akhanda Srinivas Murthy, Congress MLA whose house was set ablaze in the Bengaluru riots, says after the Karnataka police nabbed the absconding Congress neta.

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