A key accused in the murder of a Hindutva activist was on Monday attacked inside a jail in Karnataka's Mangaluru. The police said that Noushad, who is the prime accused in the murder of Suhas Shetty, was attacked when a fight broke out in the quarantine cell section of the Mangaluru District Jail last evening.
The fight began over some undertrial inmates allegedly "staring aggressively" at other inmates near an office, the police said.
It led to verbal abuse and shouting between the two groups, the police said. They broke cement blocks and threw them at each other.
Noushad reportedly suffered a leg injury in the incident.
Some inmates from another barrack also entered the office and smashed the glass door with their hands, the police said.
Noushad is among 11 people arrested in connection with the murder of Suhas Shetty, who was killed on a busy road in Mangaluru on May 1.
Noushad is accused of planning and executing the killing with the others. He has six previous criminal cases, including murder, attempted murder, and robbery conspiracy, registered at various police stations.
Suhas Shetty was reportedly associated with various local Hindutva outfits and had several cases against him, including for assault and unlawful assembly. He was also the key accused in the 2022 murder of a 23-year-old man, Mohammed Fazil, in Mangaluru. Fazil's murder was widely believed to be a retaliatory killing following the assassination of BJP youth worker Praveen Nettaru.
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