Four more held for K'taka attack
31 July 2012 3:14 PM IST
Karnataka police on Monday arrested four more people in connection with the alleged assault on college-going boys and girls partying on Saturday at a home-stay in Mangalore, about 350 km from here.
'We have arrested four more people on the basis of information given by the eight activists who were taken into custody Sunday for their alleged involvement in the incident. Investigation into the case is progressing in the right direction,' Mangalore Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar said.
The arrests of the activists of Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) were made under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Karnataka Prevention of Destruction of Property Act. They were also booked on charges of assault, outraging the modesty of girls, criminal intimidation and intrusion.
'We have booked cases against all the accused for the offences they had committed. We are on the lookout for another 10 activists of the outfit who were also involved in the incident,' Kumar said. Police intend to produce all the 12 accused in a local court for remand and custodial interrogation after completing the preliminary investigation based on evidence collected at the home-stay and questioning its owners, the victims and eye-witnesses.
The victims – eight boys and five girls, all students of three local colleges in the coastal city – were asked to file statements giving their version of the events.
The events Saturday occurred dramatically when over 20 activists barged into the home-stay and thrashed the youths in the guise of moral policing though they were celebrating the birthday of one of their colleagues.
'We have arrested four more people on the basis of information given by the eight activists who were taken into custody Sunday for their alleged involvement in the incident. Investigation into the case is progressing in the right direction,' Mangalore Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar said.
The arrests of the activists of Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV) were made under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Karnataka Prevention of Destruction of Property Act. They were also booked on charges of assault, outraging the modesty of girls, criminal intimidation and intrusion.
'We have booked cases against all the accused for the offences they had committed. We are on the lookout for another 10 activists of the outfit who were also involved in the incident,' Kumar said. Police intend to produce all the 12 accused in a local court for remand and custodial interrogation after completing the preliminary investigation based on evidence collected at the home-stay and questioning its owners, the victims and eye-witnesses.
The victims – eight boys and five girls, all students of three local colleges in the coastal city – were asked to file statements giving their version of the events.
The events Saturday occurred dramatically when over 20 activists barged into the home-stay and thrashed the youths in the guise of moral policing though they were celebrating the birthday of one of their colleagues.
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