Mangalore: Four More Arrested for Attack on Home Stay
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VM)
Mangalore, Oct 11: Special police teams on Wednesday October 10 arrested four more accused in connection with the attack on home stay at Padil on July 28.
The arrested are identified as Kiran BS (35) hails from Puttur, currently residing in Padil, Shreyas (19) from Alape, Ganesh (22) from Veeranagar and Deekshith (25) from Jelligudde.
The four were absconding ever since the incident. In this regard the court had issued arrest warrant against them.
With this, the total number of arrests in the case has now reached 28.
The third JMFC court on Octobe 3 issued arrest warrant against 16 people. The warrant also includes two journalists - Naveen Soorinje (reporter) and Sharan, videographer of a local channel.
Sources said that the police have identified 44 people involved in the home stay attack including the mastermind Subhash Padil.
On July 28, a group of around 30 persons allegedly belonging to Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) had attacked girls and boys at Morning Mist Home stay where they were celebrating a birthday. The incident evoked protests from all quarters. Within one week of the attack, the police arrested 22, and by the end of August two more were arrested. Bail applications in the case were rejected by the court.