Mangalore, November 8: City-based television journalist Naveen Soorinje has been arrested in connection with the attack homestay attack.
The Wednesday night's arrest has drawn condemnation from the media fraternity and activists.
Mr Soorinje is Dakshina Kannada district reporter of Kasturi News 24/7 Kannada channel.
He was arrested by the Mangalore Rural police in Padil around 9.30 p.m. while he and other television reporters were returning to the city after covering a public programme in Kukke Subrahmanya.
He has been remanded in judicial custody till November 20 and sent to Mangalore City sub-jail.
With his arrest, the number of people arrested in connection with the assault has gone up to 29.
Mr. Soorinje was one of the witnesses to the infamous attack, wherein miscreants of Hindu Jagarana Vedike molested young girls and assaulted boys during a birth-day party at 'Morning Mist' homestay located at Padil on the outskirts of city on July 28.
Following the incident', Mr. Soorinje and Sharan, from Sahaya TV, were booked under provisions of the Indian Penal Code for failing to alert the police while the assault was on.
Mangalore City Police Commissioner Manish Karbikar, who took charge three months after the incident, said the police were merely executing a court warrant.
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