Parmesh S Jain special correspondent
The Kalasipalya police arrested the prime accused in RSS activist attempt to murder case reported in December 2019.
The accused Azharuddin,41had fled to Saudi Arabia soon after the incident and returned to Bangarapet before he was tracked down and arrested.
The victim,identified as Varun Bopala,31,returning on a rentred scooter after attending Pro CAA protest when armed men attacked him in Bamboo Bazaar.
The police registered a case of attempt to murder and arrested Mohammed Irfan,from RT Nagar,Syed Akbar, Syed Siddiqui,Akbar Anwar Basha and Sadiq Ameen from Shivajinagar,but prime accused Azharuddin, managed to escape to Saudi Arabia.
He returned few years ago and was working as salesman in a second hand car dealer shop in Bangarpet in Kolar from where he was arrested .
The police kept a tab on the accused and tracked him down through call record details.
The accused was produced before the court and taken into custody for further investigations.
The accused attacked Varun to create fear psychosis and investigations are on to ascertain whether he was part of any organization,a senior police officer,said .
