The National Investigation Agency(NIA) on Wednesday arrested a man named Syed Abbas for his alleged involvement in the Bengaluru riots case of August 11, 2020. On August 11 last year, mobs attacked two police stations and the home of a Congress MLA which resulted in the death of four persons. The NIA had taken over the case from the Bengaluru Police on September 22, re-registered it and charge-sheeted 138 accused persons. According to the NIA probe, Abbas is the president of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) Nagawara, Bengaluru Ward.