Udupi: The court granted conditional bail to 15 out of 22 suspects arrested in the Praveen Poojary murder case on Friday, December 9.
Udupi district and sessions court granted bail to 15 suspects including Hindu Jagarana Vedike leader Arvind Koteshwar. The bail application of remaining 7 suspects will be heard on Saturday, December 10.
It may be recalled that BJP worker and Kenjaru resident Praveen Poojary (28) along with his friend Akshay Devadiga (20) were said to be transporting cows in Praveen’s tempo late on August 17 earlier this year. Several activists of right-wing groups held-up the tempo and assaulted the duo with sharp weapons killing Praveen and injuring Akshay.