Bengaluru: A team of Sadashiv Nagar police from Bengaluru and Kalaburagi police have detained a man in Maharashtra accused of issuing threats to Congress minister Priyank Kharge.

The detainee is identified as Dhanappa, 40, a sales executive in a private company.

\"He was secured in Latur, Maharashtra, and will soon be brought to Bengaluru,\" a senior Bengaluru police officer told DH. \"He is originally from Solapur and had fled to Latur. Technical leads helped narrow down his location.\"

Recently, Kharge had shared a video on X where a man on phone, now identified as Dhanappa, was hurling abuses at him. This happened after Kharge had written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, seeking a ban on activities of the Rashtriya Syamsevak Sanghi (RSS) in government schools, colleges and public inst

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