Case against Rakshana Vedike chief, activists

BANGALORE: The Kamakshipalya police registered a case against chief of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV), T A Narayana Gowda, and 20 other activists for allegedly threatening the life of AS Nagaraju, the former secretary of KRV.Nagaraju, a resident of Agrahara Dasarahalli, had resigned from his post as the state secretary of KRV on October 2 and was now running a gas agency. He registered a case against KRV on Friday, alleging that the activists were threatening him and were creating a ruckus in front of his residence on Thursday night.According to the complaint, he allegedly felt insulted when the KRV chief Narayana Gowda had neglected him. Several meetings were held without informing Nagaraju and his photo and name were not printed in the posters of the KRV.Since he was unhappy with such behaviour and also objected to the behaviour of Gowda with office bearers and activists, he resigned. But Gowda and others thought that Nagaraju would join Praveen Kumar Shetty’s fraction of KRV and hence on Thursday night, KRV activists Mohan, Nagendra Babu, Keerthi and 15 others gathered near his house and allegdly threatened him of dire consequences if he quit from his post.They also allegedly threatened to set his gas agency on fire if he did not pay heed to them, the police said.Kamakshipalya police have booked Narayana Gowda and others under sections 143, 144, 506 and 507.Further investigations are on.