Mogaveeras demand immediate arrest of accused in Gangadhar Pangala ‘murder’ case

Mogaveeras demand immediate arrest of accused in Gangadhar Pangala ‘murder’ case

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Oct 15, 2014:  Members of the Mangaluru Hadinaalkupatna Mogaveera Samyukta Sabha  staged a protest in front of Deputy commissioner’s office here on October 15, Wednesday  in support of its demand to  arrest Sathish Baikampady, an accused in the case of alleged murder of Mogaveera leader Gangadhar Pangala.

It may be recalled here that Gangadhar Pangala had died in a suspected case of road accident at Suratkal on May 15. However, later it came to light that it was a case of deliberate accident aimed at eliminating Pangala.

 Gangadhar H, advocate, who spoke on the occasion, was critical of the police for failing to arrest the accused in the case. An earlier protest as well as submitting of memorandum to the Home Minister has been of no avail, he said.

He further demanded that the government must entrust the investigation into the case to the CoD. Rajiv Kanchan, President of Mangaluru Hadinalkupatna Mogaveera Samyukta Sabha   also spoke.

State Health Minister UT Khader accepted the memorandum from the protestors.