Bangalore, July 25 - Pramod Muthalik, who earned notoriety when members of his right wing Hindu outfit bashed up women in a pub in Karnataka in January this year, has been arrested on charges of inciting communal clashes in Mysore early this month. The clashes killed three people.

'We have arrested him on charges of abetting throwing of a pig carcass near a religious school which led to July 2 clashes in which three people were killed,' Mysore Police Commissioner Sunil Agarwal told IANS by phone.

The three victims -- Zubaiullah, 15, Yasir, 35, and Tirupati, 40 -- died of stab wounds following the clash in Udayagiri suburb of Mysore, 140 km from here.

The clashes erupted over the desecration of a madrassa in Kyathamaranahalli locality.