Pub attack case: Sri Ram Sene VP held

Ten more members of Sri Ram Sene, including its Vice-President Prasad Attavar, have been arrested for allegedly attacking women in a pub here over the weekend, taking the total number of those held to 27.

Attavar and nine other activists of the Sene were arrested in a late night operation, police said. Protesting the arrest of Attavar, suspected activists of the outfit today on Tuesday some buses and set afire a lorry at Alpe on the city outskirts.

However, no one was hurt in the incidents, police said.

The activists pelted stones at two Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses, damaged window panes and set afire a lorry at Alape on city outskirts, police said.

When the crowd torched the lorry, people who were nearby immediately doused the fire, police said adding they have launched a manhunt to arrest those who indulged in the violence.

Police had issued notices to media, including television channels, under Karnataka State Police Form No 28, to provide information regarding the assault in the pub.

Meanwhile, a key activist of Sri Ram Sene, Dinakar Shetty, who owned the responsibility for the attack, is still at large. More than 25 Sriram Sene activists barged into the pub on Saturday night and assaulted the weekend revelers, including girls, there, after claiming they were dancing in an 'obscene manner'.

The incident has sparked national outrage with the attack being termed as an act of hooliganism.

NCW constitutes three-member team to probe attack
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has constituted a three-member team to investigate the alleged attack on women in a pub in Mangalore by the Sri Ram Sene.

Taking strong note of the incident, the NCW has also asked the Director General of Police (DGP), Karnataka, to send an Action Taken Report to the commission in the matter.

The team is led by NCW member Nirmala Venkatesh and comprises of a lawyer as well as an NGO activist.