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.
While the police had arrested Samiullah Lalanavar, 24, a resident of Akki Alur in Belagavi on Friday, another accused identified as Ismail Hubballi, 27, a vegetable vendor from Akki Alur was arrested on Saturday..
According to Additional Superintendent of Police of Haveri C. Gopal, seven persons involved in gang rape and five others involved in assault and other offences have been arrested.