One of many 11 accused within the Suhas Shetty homicide case was attacked by inmates inside a Mangaluru jail on Monday night, the police stated. Shetty, a Bajrang Dal member with a legal file and the primary accused within the 2022 Mohammed Fazil homicide case, was murdered on Might 1.
The incident happened on Monday night when the accused, Naushad alias Chotte Naushad, was introduced again to Mangaluru for court docket proceedings after his police custody ended. Following the court docket formalities, the police had been getting ready to switch him to Mysuru jail when Naushad reportedly requested to fulfill one other inmate. Whereas being escorted contained in the jail, unidentified inmates allegedly threw stones and different objects at him.
Jail officers intervened instantly and prevented the violence from escalating.
A police officer stated that native intelligence companies had sounded an alert a few attainable revenge assault on the accused within the Suhas Shetty homicide case. Following this, the police had shifted many of the suspects to numerous prisons throughout the state, together with Mysuru, Dharwad, and Belagavi, to stop any untoward incidents.
Shetty was murdered close to the Bajpe bus stand in Mangaluru. In keeping with eyewitnesses, a gaggle of assailants, armed with blunt objects, surrounded him and inflicted deadly accidents earlier than fleeing. Eleven folks have been arrested within the case up to now.
Shetty, who was booked in 5 circumstances, together with 4 in Mangaluru metropolis and one in Dakshina Kannada district, was the prime accused within the Mohammed Fazil homicide case. He allegedly orchestrated the homicide of Fazil, who was hacked to dying by a gang of 4 masked males on July 28, 2022, at a clothes retailer in Surathkal. Fazil’s homicide was seen as a retaliation for the homicide of BJP youth chief Praveen Nettaru by members of the now-banned Well-liked Entrance of India.
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