Suhas Shetty news, May 3 -- Amid prohibitory orders in Karnataka's Mangaluru after protests against the murder of Suhas Shetty, chilling details have emerged about the known rowdy sheeter's death.

Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Saturday that eight people have been arrested in connection with Suhas Shetty's murder, and that an anti-communal task force will be constituted permanently, reported PTI.

The rowdy sheeter and Hindu activist Shetty was murdered by an unidentified group late on Thursday within the Bajpe police station limits in Mangaluru city. Suhas Shetty was travelling with five others.

Suhas Shetty was hacked to death by a gang using machetes and swords, reported The News Minute.

Six unidentified men, reporte...