BJP leader and rowdy-sheeter Manikanth Rathod was detained by the Kalaburagi District Police ahead of the protest in Chittapur on Wednesday against police negligence in arresting the culprits involved in the murder of Devanand R. Koraba.
Mr. Rathod was detained from an apartment in Kalaburagi and taken to the Madbool Police Station.
The police said that he was taken into preventive detention as he was planning to stage the protest in Chittapur town against police negligence and laxity in arresting the culprits involved in the murder of Koraba.