Honnavar, Apr 25: Almost four months after the Karnataka government handed over the probe into murder of Paresh Mesta, a 19-year-old man, at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the central agency has started investigation by re-registering the FIR.
The state government had handed over the probe to CBI on the request by Mesta’s parents. The mysterious death of Mesta had led to widespread protests by saffron outfits in Uttara Kannada district.
Special Crime branch of CBI, Chennai on Monday registered the case and has appointed police inspector S Subramanian as the investigation officer. SP of the branch A Saravanan will monitor the investigations.
The CBI has reproduced the same First Information Report (FIR) copy of the state police and have named five accused namely Azad Annigeri, Ashif Rafiq, Mahamad Faisal Annigeri, Imtiyaz Gani and Salim, all are residents of Honnavara. All the suspected in this case are arrested.
According to the CBI FIR, which is a reproduction of Honnavara police, on December 6 around 9pm, the accused gathered near Honnavara bus stand with a common intention.
The group indulged in stone throwing and went on a rampage damaging shops, temples and vehicles. They then waylaid Mesta and killed him. They later threw the body in the Shettikere lake to destroy evidence.
Mesta's body was found floating on the Shettikere lake, near Good Luck hotel, Honnavara on December 8, 2017 around 7am. The FIR details were registered based on the complaint filed by Kamalakar Budavanth Mesta, Paresh's father.
The case, which led to the violence in Uttara Kannada district, totally became a political issue after BJP claimed that Mesta was their party worker after which the state government handed over the case to the CBI for further probe.
In February this year, BJP president Amit Shah met the father of the deceased at his house and assured his support. Kamalakar also had expressed his disappointment for delay in registering the case by CBI and had demanded a National Investigation Agency probe.
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