7 rape suspects get public welcome, 4 put back in jail

HAVERI: Seven suspects in the 2024 Haveri gang-rape case in Karnataka, involving a woman targeted for allegedly being in an interfaith relationship, received a warm public welcome upon their release on bail from district sub-jail this week, reports Basavaraj Maralihalli. Videos have emerged of a cavalcade of motorbikes and cars with their sunroofs open taking the seven men on a celebratory ride through Akki Alur town of Haveri. Haveri SP A K Srivastava said four of the seven had since been arrested again. Suspects’ conduct violates terms of conditional bail: Legal experts Haveri SP A K Srivastava said that four of the seven suspects had since been arrested again, based on a fresh FIR registered under the new penal code BNS for violations ranging from unlawful assembly to rioting and criminal intimidation. The other three are “absconding”. “The investigation officer has petitioned the court for cancellation of their bail,” the SP said. Legal experts said that the suspects’ conduct in public after being released from jail was tantamount to violating terms of their conditional bail. The suspects – Aftab Chandanakatti, Madar Saab Mandakki, Samiwulla Lalanavar, Mohammad Sadiq Agasimani, Shoib Mulla, Tausip Choti, and Riyaz Savikeri – charged with gangrape under Secti
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