The Gadag District Police have arrested Basavaraj Gadekar, a Nargund-based Hindutva activist, on the charge of killing a Muslim youth and assaulting his friend in Nargund. This takes the number of people arrested in this case to six.
The arrest was made on Wednesday, while the incident occurred on January 17 this year.
According to the police, a team led by Basavaraj Gadekar, district coordinator of the Bajrang Dal, attacked Sameer Shahapur (19) and his friend Samsheer (20) when the two were going home on their motorcycle.