Pramesh S Jain
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he Midigeshi police in Tumakuru district on Thursday arrested Drone Prathap,former Bigg Boss Kannada Season 10 runner-up,after a video surfaced showing him detonating sodium in a farm house belong to Jitendra jain.
The incident,which occurred at a pond in the farm house, has raised serious environmental and safety concerns, drawing widespread condemnation.
The police taken up Suo Motu case charging Pratap, jitendra Jain and the camera man.Pratap used sodium metal to carry out blast.
A team of officials including DYSP P Ramachandrappa, madhugiri,CPI, Kantha Reddy visited the farm along with FSL team to conduct spot Inspection.
It was a dangerous act and illegal to carry out blast using chemical.Pratap also sustained minor injuries in the hand during the explosion.
Villagers vent their ire as cattle and sheep which were grazing around the farm land ran helter skelter while the villagers shocked due to the sound .
Probe revealed that jitendra is partner in farm house and was planning to develop residential layout.
The police sealed the farm house and taken the trio into custody to ascertain where and how they sourced the explosive materials and the purpose of explosion.