Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada District police have reportedly arrested three men in RSS activist Sharath Madiwala murder case.
According to the sources, arrested are Kalandhar Shafi, Nasir and Sharif. It is also said that one accused had fled abroad. Meanwhile, recent reports had claimed that supari killers from Mumbai had executed the crime, but an official statement on both these regards are awaited.
It may be recalled that, 28-year-old Sharath, an RSS worker was assaulted by unidentified men on July 4. He was shifted to hospital by his friend, Abdul Rauf, fruit stall vendor who has known Sharath for nearly 14 years. However, Sharath succumbed to injuries on July 8 after battling for life for three days. Since then demand for handing over Sharath murder case and several Hindu activists’ killing cases to the NIA gained momentum.
More details awaited.
