Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)
Bantwal, Jun 14: In connection with an incident at Baddakatte in the taluk that happened on June 11 in which swords were swung around, terror was spread, and BJP workers were threatened and attacked, four persons who reportedly supported the attackers, stand arrested.
The arrested accused are Deepak (27) from Panjikallu Kajebail, Pavan (26) from B C Road Agrabail, as well as Shailesh (26) and Ranjith (25) from B C Road. On being produced in the court here on Wednesday, they were remanded to judicial custody.
Main accused in the case, Surendra Bantwal, and his accomplices, Tilak, Manohar, Pradeep, and Sathish, are absconding.
The arrested men had extended financial assistance to the accused and also provided them facility to hide after the crime, police said.