Bengaluru riots: NIA arrests key conspirator, raids 30 locations

The National Investigation Agency searched 30 locations in Bengaluru on Thursday in connection with the violence in the city last month and arrested one whom officials said, was a 'key conspirator'.

The NIA said the accused is a bank recovery agent and was on the run since the August 11 riots that claimed at least three lives and injured 40 police personnel. Over 3,000 people had gone on a rampage torching the residences of Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, his sister and two police stations.

During the searches, airgun, pellets, sharp weapons, iron rods, digital devices, DVRs and many documents related to Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and Popular Front of India (PFI) have been seized, the NIA said.