Patna, May 8 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday strongly protested the way Karnataka Police arrested a terrorist suspect from Darbhanga district in Bihar without informing the state police, and said he would raise the issue with the central government.
“It is not proper to arrest a suspect without informing local police. The law of the land should be followed. We will raise this issue before the concerned department of the central government,” Kumar told newspersons here.
Kumar termed the Karnataka Police action as violation of establish rule. “I have sought a report from Bihar police chief on it, we will send the report to the union home ministry,” Kumar said.
Bihar police chief Abhyanand has also lodged a strong protest with his Karnataka counterpart, he said.
Bangalore Crime Branch officials arrested Kafil Akhtar, a suspected member of banned outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM), in connection with the Chinnaswami Stadium blast case of 2010, from a village in Darbhanga, about 200 km from here.
Darbhanga Superintendent of Police (SP) Garima Malik said that local police were not informed by Karnataka police about the arrest.
The Darbhanga police came to know about the arrest from Akhtar’s family members, Malik said.
