Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Jun 4: Some organizations have decided to lay siege to the residence of local MLA, J R Lobo, demanding immediate arrest of Naresh Shenoy, main accused in the murder case of RTI activist from here, Vinayak P Baliga, on March 21 this year near his residence.

The protesters will meet at Collectors Gate Balmatta, and take out a procession from there to the MLA's house at 10.30 am on Monday June 6.

Muneer Katipalla, convener of Patriotic Organizations Forum, a joint forum of organizations like Democratic Youth Federation of India, Dalit Sangharsh Samiti, Students Federation of India, All India Youth Federation, Rationalists Forum etc, said that it has been decided to intensify the agitation. Through a release, he said that the police department has failed to arrest Naresh Shenoy and some other accused in the case even after lapse of over two months since the crime was executed. "Naresh Shenoy has been trying to get anticipatory bail, and the people strongly suspect that the state government is helping him to secure bail. Therefore, it has been decided to follow up the matter through concerted pressure and agitational programmes,"he clarified.