Bengaluru influencer arrested for roaming with 'fake guns, bodyguards'

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The Kothanur police have arrested a 26-year-old ‘Instagram influencer’ who used fake guns resembling AK-47s and roamed in public with his ‘bodyguards’, creating fear.

The arrested, Arun Kathare from JP Nagar, originally from Chitradurga, walked around a hotel in Chokkanahalli with some people dressed like bodyguards holding the fake guns on June 9.

The police arrested Kathare after receiving complaints from the public. They said Kathare has a habit of posting videos on his Instagram account, wearing fake jewellery and posing with fake guns, cars, and motorcycles. Some videos also showed the suspect posing with women.