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Mutalik participated in a protest condemning the arrest of Siddalinga Swami, honorary president of the Sri Ram Sena and head of Karuneshwar Mutt at Andola in Jewargi taluk in the district.
Senior police officials rushed into the Kannada Bhavan and detained Mr. Mutalik when he was trying to organise a meeting with the chiefs of different mutts.
However, Mr. Mutalik refused to go with the police and said that there were no pending cases against him. “It is a political conspiracy against me by the Congress leaders and the district administration,” he said.