B V Seetharam Shifted to Mangalore Sub-jail : Re-admitted to Hospital
Pics by Prajwal Ukkuda
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore [RS / NF]
Mangalore Jan.8: The chairman of Chitra publications private limited, B.V. Seetharam has been transferred to the city sub-jail and was later admitted to Wenlock hospital this evening at 8 pm.
He was earlier discharged from the Udupi government hospital in Ajjarakadu. After the tedious hour long journey from Udupi on a police vehicle he complained of uneasiness . The jail superintendent ordered him to be admitted to the hospital for medical treatment.
Seetharam's wife Rohini claimed that her husband is a Blood Pressure patient and suffered from diabetes since a long time.
Seetharam was arrested on Jan. 4 at Karkala by Shirva police, while he was traveling towards Kumata from Kateel temple in connection with a defamation case. The defamation case was on account of the report that appeared in Karavali Ale, Kannada News Paper published by Chitra publications private limited.
He was ordered by the judge in Udupi court to be transferred to the Mangalore sub-jail when he rejected his bail and he was undergoing treatment at the Government hospital in Ajjarakadu, Udupi.
On Jan 5, he refused bail order granted by the court, saying that the police from other jurisdictions were ready to arrest him on other cases registered in four stations in Mangalore. The court ordered to transfer him to Mangalore sub jail judicial custody till Jan.17.
Here in city, advocate for Seetharam moved bail applications on four cases registered in Bajpe, Mangalore north, Kavoor and another one in Mangalore rural police station. The Judicial Magistrates of the First Class, second and third courts are expected to hear the bail applications on Friday.