Bengaluru, Jan. 4 -- Karnataka BJP MLA and general secretary V Sunil Kumar was detained by police for staging a protest and launching "I am Kar Sevak, arrest me" campaign in Bengaluru on Thursday.

MLA Sunil Kumar sat in front of the Sadashivanagar police station alone holding a placard which said, "I am Kar Sevak who participated in the Ayodhya Ram Mandir movement on Dec 6, 1992, arrest me."

As the permission was not obtained to stage the protest, the police took him into custody.

On January 4, the BJP held a statewide protest demanding the immediate release of Srikanth Poojari, a Kar Sevak in connection with a case lodged 31 years ago during the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.

State president BY Vijayendra had given a 48-hour deadline to t...