The case pertained to an alleged offensive post in a WhatsApp group he was administrator of, regarding a dispute between members of Kodava and Gowda communities in the district over a temple event ...

He claimed that police visited his cousin’s and friends’ homes to look for him the day after he was released, and said that he was falsely linked to instigating Kodava-Gowda tensions through phone ...

The lounge downstairs had comfortable loungers in shades of olive green, shelves equipped with binoculars and books on bird watching and wildlife, with walls decorated with Kodava art and artefacts ...