Hangal gang rape: 12 arrested so far

NT Correspondent

Haveri: The number of arrests in connection with the case of moral policing and gang rape in Hangal has risen to twelve with the arrest of one more person on Saturday.

The accused, identified as Ismail Hubballi,is a 27 year old vegetable vendor from Akki Alur. The police had arrested Samiullah Lalanavar, 24, a resident of Akki Alur in Belagavi on Friday.

Reports have said that seven persons involved in gang rape and five others involved in assault and other offences have been arrested by the police.

The other arrested are garage worker Aftab Chadanakatti, 24, trader Madarsabh Mandakki, 24, autorickshaw driver Abdul Khadar Jaffarsab Hanchinamani, 28, milk trader Imran Basheer Ahmed Jekinakatti, 24, garage worker Rehan Mohammed Hussein Walikar, 19, vendor Sadiq Babusab Agasimani, 29, hotel labourer Shoaib Niyaz Ahmed Mulla, 19, Mafeed Onikeri, 23, fish merchant Ibrahim Khader Ghouse, 27, and cab driver Tousif Ahmed alias Katla, 25.

Another accused in the case Mohammed Saif Savikeri, who is undergoing treatment at KIMS hospital in Hubballi after a life threatening accident, will be arrested after completion of his treatment.