Mangaluru: Three persons have been arrested for issuing death threat to Dakshina Kannada District Youth Congress President Mithun Rai.
The police carried out a swift investigation and arrested three people and subjected them to an inquiry in connection with life threat to Mithun Rai.
The accused were identified as Sachin(25) and Nishanth botha residents of Bantwal and Karthik (30) a resident of Kasargod.
The police said that they have intensified the inquiry and it was in progress.
A video clipping in which the activists of a fringe group had given a death threat to Mithun Rai went viral on social media where the callers were warning Rai of dire consequences if he was involved in any issue concerning Banjrang Dal. They then threaten him of cutting off his hands and legs and also his head if necessary.
After the video went viral, the district police registered a case under CrPC Section 108.