Mangaluru, May 3 -- Pro-Hindu activist Suhas Shetty was brutally hacked to death in a full public glare, near Bajpe Kinnipadavu in the city recently. The Police have arrested eight suspects in the case.

Shetty, also a rowdy-sheeter, was travelling in a SUV along with his friends Sanjay, Prajwal, Anwith, Lathish and Shashank, when the assailants driving a car and a goods vehicle waylaid the SUV at around 8.30 pm. They launched a murderous attack on Shetty inflicting grievous injuries on him. He was rushed to A.J. Hospital, where he succumbed to death.

Initially, it was believed to be a case of vengeance, to avenge the murder of one Mohammed Fazil that occurred at Surathkal in July 2022. However, according to the latest information, it is...