Overview
- A large group attacked and ransacked a family home in Bharamyanatti village after a young man was accused of fleeing with a married woman, according to the police complaint and victim accounts.
- Victims told police the assailants used knives, swords and sticks, damaged the roof, windows, furniture and stole ornaments, cash and 25 sheep valued in the complaint at about Rs 3 lakh.
- Marihal police arrested three men named by authorities as Nagaraj Nayak, Ravi Bijagatti and Eshwar (Ishwar) Mucchandi on charges that include rioting and attempted murder, and a court has remanded the accused to custody.
- Belagavi police have registered an FIR, formed a special investigation team and said they will open rowdy-sheets and pursue security-bond proceedings to monitor the accused and prevent further vigilante violence.
- Authorities are probing who organised the attack and whether the assailants belonged to the married woman’s parental family or her husband’s family, and police say they will take strict action against those who took the law into their own hands.