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2 held for assault on RSS worker after pro-CAA demo

12:19 PM Jan 13, 2020 | Team Udayavani |

Bengaluru: Two persons have been arrested in connection with the assault on an RSS worker Varun for participating in a demonstration here supporting the Citizenship Amendment Act, police said on Sunday

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We have arrested two persons in this case. We will shortly brief you about the arrest, a police officer told PTI on condition of anonymity.

He refused to divulge more information about the accused.

A police team arrested the two from Tamil Nadu.

The BJP had organised a demonstration at the Town Hall on December 22, which the Bengaluru south BJP MP Tejasvi Surya had addressed.

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Varun too attended the event and was on the way home when he was attacked by four people with a sharp-edged weapon and fled the spot.

Following the assault, Varun was admitted to a hospital in a serious condition.

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