Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)
Udupi, Jul 18: Criminal investigation department (CID) additional director general of police (ADGP), Charan Reddy, who arrived in the city on Tuesday July 17, undertook inspection of various spots connected with the controversial death of cattle trader Hussainabba from Jokatte, including Hiriadka police station.
Reddy visited Hiriadka police station in the morning and verified documents connected with the case. He then questioned Hussainabba's brother, Ismail, and son, Shahid, in the police station and got their version of the developments leading to the death of Hussainabba.
The places he visited were Shenarabettu in Perdoor village where Bajrang Dal activists reportedly blocked the vehicle in which cattle was being transported, and Hussainabba was attacked, and also the thicket at Kotyaru in Perdoor village where the body of Hussainabba was abandoned.
Reddy returned to Bengaluru after completing the task. District superintendent of police, Laxman Nimbargi, CID deputy superintendent of police and investigating officer of this case, Chandrashekhar, and other officials were present.
Hussainabba had come under attack at the hands of Bajrang Dal activists in the early hours of May 30 this year at Shenarabettu, Perdoor. It is said that he had died when inside the police jeep. The case was transferred to CID on June 13, and investigating officer of the case, Chandrashekhar, has been camping here since June 17 for probing the case.
In a connected development, the district chief and sessions court here, through an order issued on Tuesday, rejected bail application moved by Deepak Hegde from Perdoor, who happens to be one of the accused in the above case. Hegde, currently in judicial custody and lodged in the district prison at Mangaluru, had filed for bail through advocate, Arun Bangera, on June 19. District public prosecutor, Shanthi Bai, had objected to it. On July 13, judge of the court, Venkatesh Naik, who heard arguments and counter arguments, had reserved orders for Tuesday.
Deepak Hegde, it is said, had sold a cow to Hussainabba, and then conveyed information to Bajrang Dal activists about the cattle being transported.