Court acquits three accused in Bajrang Dal activist’s murder

Mangalore | Sunday | 25th March, 2018

Summary:

Meanwhile, Democratic Youth Federation of India activists carried out a protest accusing the police of arresting innocent persons. Rajesh Poojary, an autorickshaw driver and a murder accused, was hacked to death by a group of persons in Kalpane on March 21, 2014. The arrest of such innocent persons was one of the reasons for the increase in murders on communal lines, he said. The judge acquitted the three accused persons after noting the failure of the prosecution to prove the charge made against the accused. DYFI State president Muneer Katipalla said that all the three accused persons were involved in small-time jobs..