Muthalik arrested to save V-Day in K'taka

Bangalore: Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik was taken into ‘preventive custody’ ahead of the Valentine's-Day by Karnataka police in Gulbarga.
The head of this extreme-right group, Muthalik had threatened to marry off young girls found in the company of boys on Valentine's Day.
Earlier in the day a strong demand was made in the Rajya Sabha to proscribe organisations like the Sri Ram Sene, which have been indulging in moral policing in Karnataka and threatened to disrupt the Valentine's Day celebrations on Saturday.
CPM MP Brinda Karat said the Sene cited the recent instance of a girl committing suicide allegedly after being humiliated in Bangalore on Thursday for moving around with a Muslim boy. Karat also said that the daughter of a CPI(M) MLA was abducted and threatened in Karnataka, where the Sene has acquired the role of the "Hindu twin" of Taliban.
Describing the incidents as a "slap" on the face of democracy, she demanded that the Centre should take steps to ensure safety of young people on the Valentine's Day.