Assault on Muslim couple: All seven arrested sent to Bellary jail

Beltangady, Jul 20: One more person has been arrested by Belthangady police on Saturday pertaining to the incident where a Muslim couple was assaulted by a gang of Hindutva activists at Ujire last Wednesday. This takes the total number of arrests in this case to seven.

The arrested has been identified as Narayana (36), a resident of Ujire.

On Friday the police had arrested two residents of Belthangady identified as Praveen Kumar (25) and Kiran (27).

The very next day of last week's incident police had managed to nab four persons . They are Ajith, a salesman from Mani, Gopal, a daily wage earner, Lingappa, an autorickshaw driver, both from Ujire and Suresh, a hotel worker, from Moodabidri.

The accused have been booked under sections pertaining to sexual assault, attempt to murder.

All the seven accused have been temporarily shifted to Bellary jail. Further investigations are on.

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