The Tamil Nadu police have arrested a man who had given a death threat to the Karnataka High Court Judges- including the Chief Justice for their verdict of banning the hijab in Karnataka's educational institutions. The arrested man was later handed over to the Karnataka police and he was then taken under police custody for further investigations. 

According to reports, the Tamil Nadu police have on Sunday - March 20, arrested Rahamathulla, who is an office-bearer of the Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaat (TNTJ). He was brought to Bengaluru and he was produced before a Magistrate Court, that has remanded him under police custody for eight days. Initially, following the threat, an FIR was registered by Vidhana Soudha Police on Saturday - March 19 against an unknown individual over a video clip that circulated on social media. 

In the clip, a man, later identified as Rahamathulla, was speaking in Tamil and issuing death threats to the three judges, who unanimously pronounced the verdict of banning the hijab at the educational institutions. Rahamathulla has said that if judges get killed over the hijab case verdict, then they themselves will be responsible for their death. He further referred to a district judge in Jharkhand who was killed last year while he was on a morning walk. 

Rahamathulla said that people know where the Chief Justice of Karnataka goes to walk in the morning. As the video was circulated, the Tamil Nadu police were alerted and the officials were searching Rahamathulla in connection to the case. They had arrested him last Sunday and handed over to the Karnataka police. Following the death threats, the Karnataka government has decided to upgrade the security detail of all three judges and will be providing 'Y category' security. 

On Tuesday - March 22, Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has said, "The person who issued death threats to sitting judges of Karnataka High Court, who delivered the verdict in the hijab case, has been brought to the state from Tamil Nadu by Karnataka police today (Tuesday) after producing a body warrant. His name is Rahamathulla and he has been brought from Madurai." 

He further said that the Karnataka government has taken the threat to judges seriously, as it amounts to challenging the system, and there is a need to suppress such elements. He said, "Tamil Nadu police have extended cooperation. The magistrate court here has remanded him for eight days police custody." He stated that the police will seriously investigate the case.