Murder: Photographer gets bail; NaMo Naresh bail plea hearing adjourned

Mangaluru, May 30: Manjunath Shenoy alias Manju Neereshwalya, said to be a close aide of Naresh Shenoy alias NaMo Naresh, a prime accuse in RTI activist Vinayak Baliga murder case, was granted bail by the II Judicial Magistrate First Class Court on Monday.

Manjunath, a photographer by profession, was arrested on Sunday by a police team on the charge of harbouring NaMo Naresh, who has been absconding since the murder of Baliga on March 21.

The police said that Manju was in constant touch with Naresh Shenoy and helped him escape from the law. Manju was charged under Sections 201 (Causing disappearance of evidence of offence), 212 (Harbouring offender) and 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code.

On being produced before court here on Monday, Manju filed an application seeking bail. The Magistrate granted him bail.

Meanwhile, the High Court of Karnataka has adjourned to Wednesday the hearing of Naresh Shenoy's application seeking anticipatory bail. Naresh Shenoy filed the application on May 4.

Vinayak Baliga was hacked to death near his house in Kodialbail on March 21. T

The police earlier arrested Vineet Poojary, Nishit Devadiga, Shiva, alias Shivaprasad, and Shailesh (40) in the murder case.