Two persons with suspected links to the Popular Front of India (PFI) were arrested by Karnataka police in connection with the murder of a BJP youth wing leader in Dakshina Kannada district which had sparked outrage.
The arrested accused have been identified as Zakir (29) and Mohammed Shafiq (27), both from Bellare in Sullia taluk, where the 32-year-old zilla Bharatiya Yuva Morcha committee member Praveen Nettar was hacked to death by unidentified motor bike-borne assailants on Tuesday night, police said.
"Both are from Bellare, they have got suspected links with PFI - that we have to verify. We had taken them into custody last evening and after inquiry we have arrested them. We will produce them before court and ask for police custody and do further investigation," the Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Alok Kumar said.