Bantwal: Bantwal police have arrested one of the accused on Wednesday night who allegedly barged into a house and assaulted and attempted to murder.

The arrested has been identified as a resident of Kudrebettu Balteel village and car driver of the RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat Yathiraj. The other accused in the case are absconding, police sources said.

Incident Details

According to a complaint filed at Bantwal Town police station, a gang of miscreants led by Yathiraj barged into a house belonging to Kudrebettu Baltil resident Chandraprabha and assaulted the latter’s father Kantappa Pujari and fled the scene on June 3 at around 5:30 pm. Following which, Kantappa sustained head and leg injuries.

“Accused Yathiraj has been arrested and produced before the court on Wednesday. He has been charged with judicial custody,” SP Ravikante Gowda informed.

In June last year, a gang led by Yathiraj allegedly thronged into a house of a woman and attempted to molest her with cast based comments and attempted to kill her in the limits of Bantwal city police station.

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