Bangalore, June 27: Senior journalist Vishweshwara Bhat was taken into custody by Halasur Gate Police and produced before the Bangalore Civil Court over a defamation case following the orders of the court on Wednesday.
It is said that Mr. Bhat had not appeared before the court in spite of it giving summons seven times in connection with a defamation case filed by Advocate A P Ranganath. The Court therefore ordered Halasur Police to take Mr. Bhat into custody and produce him.
However, Mr. Bhat later secured bail.
Advocate A P Ranganath, the General Secretary of the Advocates Association of Bangalore, had filed a defamation case against a Kannada TV news channel headed by Mr. Bhat for referring to lawyers as 'Goondas' during their reporting of the tussle between lawyers and media persons at the Bangalore Court premises in March earlier this year.
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