Karnataka government has invoked the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against 61 people in the Bengaluru violence case in which three people were killed in police firing after violent clashes broke out in a locality over a social media post.

Bangalore City police commissioner Kamal Pant said that the investigation is on and is being carried out based purely on facts and evidence. "Evidence-based arrests are still going on. Wherever the accused are, we will find them," Kamal Pant said.

The Karnataka government had on Monday, August 17, said it has decided to invoke the stringent UAPA law along with the Goonda Act in the Bengaluru violence case.