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A poet and a journalist have been arrested in connection with recital of a poem against CAA and NRC at a government- sponsored function in Koppal district of Karnataka last month, police said on Wednesday.

The arrests were made based on a complaint from a BJP functionary alleging that Siraj Bisaralli, a poet, had recited an anti-CAA poem at ‘Anegundi Utsava’ in Gangavathi town of Koppal district in January and Rajabaxi, editor of an online news portal, uploaded it on social media.

Police had registered a case against them under Section 505 of the IPC.

On Tuesday, Bisaralli and Rajabaxi surrendered before a court in the district, which rejected their bail plea and remanded them to police custody for investigation into the matter.