Death of cow due to explosive : 4 arrested

Death of cow due to explosive : 4 arrested

Mangalore Today News Network

Bantwal, Oct 25, 2016 : Vittal Police have arrested two more persons in connection with a case wherein the explosives placed by them for hunting wild animals had resulted in the death of a cow belonging to Radhakrishna Moolya at Chellangaru hill in  Karopadi village  recently. With this  the total number of persons  arrested in this case has gone upto four.

Those arrested are  Sheenappa Naika (48) of Doomadka Pelathaje  and Vinod Shetty (30) of Hassan Haluru.  Two other accused namely Govinda Naika and Vijay John have already been arrested. It has been learnt that the four suspects used to place explosives during night to hunt wild animals for their flesh.

Interrogations of the accused revealed that  Sheenappa used to prepare the explosive by mixing gun powder, tied it with some flesh and kept it in the forest. Their explosives had helped them in  laying hands on  two wild pigs in the past six months.

The accused also revealed that they were assisted by Vinod Shetty who brought the explosives in his autorickshaw.