MLA Ganesh to be produced before Ramanagaram court today
Fugitive Kampli MLA, J.N. Ganesh, who was on the run since January 20 after allegedly assaulting his fellow legislator Anand Singh at a resort in Bidadi, was nabbed by the police near Somnath temple in Gujarat on Wednesday.
Ganesh was picked up by a special team of the Bidadi police at a hotel when he arrived there for lunch. The Bidadi police had registered an FIR against Mr. Ganesh on January 21, a day after the assault, and booked him for attempt to murder. He had since been on the run. The Congress had suspended him after the incident.
Home Minister M.B. Patil, confirming that Mr. Ganesh has been arrested in Somnath, Gujarat, on Wednesday, said, “He will be brought to Bengaluru late night today [Wednesday] and will be produced before a Ramanagaram court on Thursday.”