lodged a protest with his Karnataka counterpart D V Sadanand Gowda over the manner of arrest of a terror suspect from Bihar saying it was a 'violation of the rule of law'.
Karnataka police had arrested Md Kafil Akhtar from Darbhanga district of Bihar on terror charges without informing the district police.
"What has been done by the police officers of Karnataka (in the arrest of Akhtar) is an example of the violation of the rule of law", he said in a strongly-worded protest letter to the Karnataka Chief Minister yesterday.
"There should be no apprehension in the mind of any visiting police officer of any state about professional integrity and commitment of senior police officials available in Darbhanga", he said in a strongly worded letter to Gowda.
Nitish Kumar said the Karnataka police team had ample time and opportunity to organise their operation by taking the local officials into confidence.
The 'inappropriate' behaviour of the Karnataka police officers could have led to serious issues of breach of law and order and endangered the safety and security of the visiting police officers themselves.
Referring to Gowda's letter to him three days ago defending the manner of the arrest in view of sensitivity of the case lodged against Akhtar in Bangalore under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, 1967, Kumar in his letter said Section 43-B(2) of the Act made it mandatory for every person arrested to be forwarded without unnecessary delay to the officer in-charge of the nearest police station, which in this case was Keoti police station in Bihar. MORE