Student Whose Social Media Post Led To Karnataka Violence Appears For Exam

Karnataka Violence: The student had allegedly posted a video showing a saffron flag on a mosque, which is said to be the root cause behind the violence in Karnataka's Hubli.

The student whose alleged social media post led to violence in the old town of Hubballi on April 16 night, appeared for the second Pre-University exam on Friday with police protection.

The examination started on Friday and will go on till May 18. The first paper was Business Studies.

Police took the student Abhishek Hiremath from the Hubballi sub-jail at Ashok Nagar to the college in a police vehicle.

He had allegedly posted a video showing a saffron flag on a mosque, which is said to be the root cause behind the violence.