Naxal suspect Saroja walks free

Naxal suspect Saroja walks free

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Sep 26, 2013 :  Naxal suspect Saroja (26) of Horale near Shringeri who was lodged in the Mangalore jail  on  the charges of being involved in Naxal activities, was released from the prison on September 25 after the Udupi District And Sessions Court  absolved her of the charges in the last case against her.

 

 

 

She was set free at 7.30 pm in the evening. The court acquitted her on the grounds that the petitioners  as well as the eyewitnesses failed to identify her and also to prove charges against her.

M Shantharam Shetty was the counsel for  the accused. Saroja  left to her native place with her husband Suresh Naik and brother Uday.

Saroja was arrested in the year 2008  in connection with the case of barging into the residence of Sadananda alias Kutti Shetty  of Mutlupady in Ajekar of Karkala taluk  on February 27, 2006. She was also charged with pasting posters and then threatening the family members and setting ablaze a bike.

A total of 22 cases had been registered against Saroja in various police station limits on charges of Naxal activities.She has been acquitted in 20 cases and was punished in  two cases She has undergone two years imprisonment in Buklebailu Chandrakanth murder attempt case and three and half years imprisonment in  Barkana encounter case.

Speaking after her release Saroja said she was pleased on coming out of prison and claimed that she had not committed any mistake. She also said she will continue to fight against injustice.