The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Thursday detained the chief of a local fringe right wing outfit in connection with the murder of Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi, police said. Kalburgi was shot at Dharwad on August 30.
Prasad Attavar, head of Rama Sene, who had been detained for interrogation, has been handed over to Bunder police station here, police said, as they remained clueless on the killers of Kalburgi even four days after the brutal murder.
A few messages related to Kalburgi were being circulated in the social media carrying Attavar's photo and police wanted to make sure whether they were posted by him or his photo was used to spread the messages. Attavar, who was a member of Sri Rama Sene led by Pramod Muthalik till 2009, had later left the outfit and formed the Rama Sene.
Sri Ram Sene had gained notoriety for moral policing in Dakshina Kannada district.