Bantwal: On Wednesday night, Dinesh Kottinje, the owner of Trisha Studio at Farangipete was attacked by armed perpetrators in a murder attempt and a subsequent case was registered. The police have revealed that the three men involved in the murder attempt have been arrested.

The arrested individuals have been identified as Mohammed Arshad (19), Abdul Rahman (22), and Muhammed Saifuddeen (22). Another accomplice named Sawad escaped arrest and is in hiding as per the police.

The four accused reportedly visited the photo studio at Farangipete that is owned by Dinesh Kottinje on Wednesday night around 7.15 pm in the guise of customers and assaulted the owner with knives. The victim sustained knife injuries on his head, right hand, and the left side of the abdomen. Shekar Poojary, who was at the scene of the assault reportedly swung the chairs violently on the accused to stop the assault and sustained injuries in the process. 

The injured, Dinesh was taken to a private hospital in Mangalore and police sources revealed that he is currently undergoing treatment.

Sources in the police have also said that the crime is linked to the recent case of sexual abuse that unfolded at Kumpanamajalu near Farangipete, where a young lady was the victim of abuse. Dinesh is said to have supported the relatives of the sexual abuse victim because of which he was attacked in an act of revenge by the perpetrators on Wednesday. 

A case has been registered at the Bantwal Rural police station. District SP Laxmi Prasad visited the crime scene and ordered for an appropriate arrangement to seal the crime scene. Bantwal DYSP Valentine D ‘Souza, Circle Inspector T D Nagaraj and Rural SI Prasanna examined the crime scene and further investigations are underway

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New Delhi (PTI): Likening some unemployed youngsters to cockroaches, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday said they go on to "become" media, social media and RTI activists and start attacking the system.

The comments came while a bench of CJI Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi was pulling up a lawyer for "pursuing" a senior advocate designation. It said there were already "parasites" in society who attack the system and asked the petitioner whether he wanted to join hands with them.

"The entire world may be eligible to become senior (advocate), but at least you are not entitled," the bench told the petitioner lawyer.

A visibly anguished CJI observed that if the Delhi High Court would confer senior advocate designation upon the petitioner, the apex court would set that aside seeing his professional conduct.

The CJI also referred to the kind of language used by the petitioner on Facebook.

"There are already parasites of society who attack the system and you want to join hands with them?" he said.

"There are youngsters like cockroaches, who don't get any employment or have any place in profession. Some of them become media, some of them become social media, RTI activists and other activists and they start attacking everyone," he said.

The bench also asked the petitioner whether he did not have any other litigation.

"Is this the conduct of a person who seeks to be designated as a senior advocate?" the bench asked.

It said senior advocate designation is something that is conferred on a person and is not to be pursued.

"You are pursuing it. Does it look proper?" the top court said, asking whether a senior advocate designation was a status symbol to be kept ornamentally.

It also observed that it wanted to ask the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to verify the degrees of many of those who were wearing black robes as there were serious doubts over the genuineness of their degrees.

It said the Bar Council of India would never do anything on this issue as they "need their votes".

The petitioner apologised to the bench and sought permission to withdraw the petition. The bench allowed the withdrawal of the petition.