Bengaluru: Bengaluru police arrested 19 persons have been identified as accused on the attack of Pulakesinagar MLA’s house and two police stations on Tuesday night. The police filed two FIRs against on them; most of them are Social Democratic Party of India activists.

According to the investigating officer, these 19 people could have easily prevented the violence, but choose to abet the mob. They made repeated phone calls and forward messages, saying police was abusing their religion. He added some of them were directly involved in the violence, while others instigated the mobs. Around 7 pm on Tuesday, two groups of people protesting a Facebook post made by the nephew of Congress MLA Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, offending the religious sentiment of a particular community, rushed to the local Legislature house and KG Halli police station seeking legal action.

After damaging few vehicles and setting the MLA’s house on fire, the mobs closed in on KG Halli and neighbouring DG Halli police stations. The 19 accused are among the 147 people arrested since Wednesday. One FIR has been registered at KG Halli police station, it named 13 men. The other naming six people was registered at DG Halli police station. Karnataka Home Minister Bhasavaraju Bhommai said that the Government is committed to banning these fringe outfits on charges of distributing communal harmony and creating social disturbance.