Mon Apr 28 08:54:30 UTC 2025: ## Bengaluru 2020 Riot Suspect Arrested in Karnataka
**Belagavi, Karnataka – April 28, 2025** – A man, identified as Mohsin alias Imtiaz Shukur, has been arrested in connection with the August 2020 riots in Bengaluru’s D.J. Halli and K.G. Halli areas. Shukur, a resident of Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district, was apprehended in Sindagi, Vijayapura district, following a tip-off. He had fled to Hyderabad after the riots but was tracked down by police. Shukur is also implicated in separate cases in Sirsi. The 2020 riots were triggered by an inflammatory social media post targeting Islam.
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