Udupi, Aug 21: Three more accused have been arrested by the Brahmavar police in connection with the murder of BJP worker Praveen Poojary in Udupi district.
The arrested have been identified as Sandeep Poojary, 25, Prateek, 19, and Mahesh, 22. The trio was produced before an Udupi court and remanded in judicial custody up to August 31.
In all, 21 persons were arrested in the case. The 18 accused who are already in custody are: Srikanth Kulal, 19, Santhekatte; Pradeep, 22, Shivapura; Sandeep, 24, Santhekatte; Pradeep, 19; Rajesh, 21, Kaddangod; Umesh Naik, 27, Kumbhasi; Arvind Koteshwara, 37, Kuccuru Badlna; Raghavendra Shetty, 22, Hombadi; Prakash Naik, 36, Hebri; Sukumar Kulal, 22, Kokkarne; Sukesh Poojari, 32; Prakash Achar, 30; Pradeep Achari, 20; Dinesh Mogaveer, 28; Shantharam Naik, 21; Manjunath Naik, 20, Kokkarne Mogavirapete; Ganesh Mogaveer, 25, Shivapura; Sudeep Shetty, 19, Kerebettu.
A group of around 30 miscreants owing allegiance to Hindutva groups had waylaid Praveen Poojary's vehicle while he was allegedly trafficking cows near Santhekatte and murdered him on August 17.
Compensation demanded
Meanwhile, Billava Association has demanded justice and also compensation to the family members of Praveen as he was the sole bread earner in the family. Speaking to media persons, Association's Brahmavara President A Bhaskar Poojary said Praveen was a good hearted human being and helped those in need.
“Praveen worked as the joint secretary of the association and this tragedy has brought misery. It is an unexpected incident and one cannot imagine that a good human being like Praveen is murdered. The police should unearth the reason soon,” he demanded.
He said the people who tortured him to death should be punished severely. The police should work without succumbing to any pressure from any political party, he said and urged the government to announce a suitable compensation package for the family, which is shattered following the incident.
Bhaskar said the youths in the area into the violence following the setting up of some fundamentalist modules. He reiterated that the government should direct the police officials to work effectively and take action against the people who take law into their hands, especially in the villages, which are becoming hubs of violence due to the people who act as the protectors themselves.
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Naren and Viren...g me charbhi hai to comment here for your goony brothers........
Nice to hear \Go\" rakshak terrorists arrested.......why not close the party to which he belong...see his facebook which page he liked and arrest those whom he is inspired......as you do with silly pilli minority cases......"
being a billava now we know the value of a person who earns bread for whole family and killed by some one for nothing god doesnt need cow bt fascist needs cow one day they will slaughter dalits also
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