Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Jun 27: Right-wing activist Bhuvith Shetty and four of his gang were arrested by the Bantwal police here on Wednesday June 27 for allegedly assaulting a barber with an intention to kill him, robbing him and vandalised his salon.
On June 10 at around 9.15 pm, a gang of 15 men arrived on bikes to Durga men's parlour at Thumbe junction, where Deekshith was employed as a barber. The gang allegedly hurled expletives at Deekshith. Bhuvith Shetty, one of the accused, tried to hit Deekshith on the head with soft drink bottle with an intention to kill him, it is alleged.
However, Deekshith managed to escape the deathblow but sustained injuries on the left side of his head and nose. The gang robbed him of his mobile phone worth Rs 10,000, broke the glass enclosure of the salon and damaged the chair with soda bottles and stones. They threatened to kill Deekshith before fleeing.
On Wednesday, the police arrested five men from the gang. They have been identified as Bajrang Dal member Bhuvith Shetty (27), a resident of Kallumajalu, Bantwal, Vasanth Kumar (32), a resident of Modankap, Bantwal, Kamalaksha (21), a resident of Ajjibettu house, Bantwal, Jithendra alias Jeethu (32), resident of Mithabail, Bantwal and Abhijith alias Abhi (22), a resident of Sanchayagiri house, Bantwal.
A police case under sections 143, 147, 148, 448, 504, 324, 307, 395, 427 and 149 is registered in Bantwal police station. All the accused will be produced in the court. The police are on lookout for the other gang members who are absconding.
Following the attack on the salon, Coastalwood actor Surendra and his associates had allegedly attacked Bhuvith Shetty's gang on June 10. The police have already arrested Surendra and his accomplices Sathish Kulal, Prithviraj J Shetty, Deepak, Pavan, Shailesh and Ranjith.
Among the accused, Bhuvith Shetty has several cases against him, and was earlier arrested in connection to Harish murder case and also for posting a threatening tweet on Prof Bhagawan after the murder of Prof M M Kalburgi.
The operation to arrest Bhuvith Shetty and others was conducted by Chandrashekar H V, PSI Bantwal police station, Harish M R, PSI Bantwal police station, Nandakumar M M, PSI Uppinangadi police station, Yallappa PSI Bantwal traffic and staff H C Suresh, Murugesh, Udayakumar, constables Jagadish, Umesh, Mallika Saba, Zameer, Avinash, Kedar, Prashanth, Mohan, Basavaraj, Paramesh and Sampath.