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BB runner-up arrested for explosion in farm pond
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|December 14, 2024
BIGG Boss Kannada Season 10 runner-up Drone Pratap was arrested for detonating an explosive at a farm pond in Janakaloti village in Madhugiri taluk on Thursday.
Midigeshi police on Friday brought him to the spot at Sri Rayara Brindavana farms for the 'mahazar' where he conducted the illegal explosion 15 days ago. He was produced before court later in the evening and taken into police custody for three days for further investigation, sources informed TNIE. All those involved in the act, including the person who shot the video, will also be investigated, they added.
This story is from the December 14, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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