Davangere: 82-yr-old man arrested after 41 years in assault case

Davangere: The Davangere police have succeeded in arresting a man wanted in an assault case 41 years after the commission of the offence.

The arrested has been identified as Hanumanthappa (82), a resident of Haluvarthi in Davangere taluk.

He was produced in the court and remanded in judicial custody.

Land dispute

Hanumanthappa was accused of attacking a woman over a land dispute.

The police had filed a charge sheet to the court in the case.

However, Hanumanthappa did not appear before the court for hearing and the case was included in the the list of unsolved cases in 1989.

Team formed

On the instructions of Superintendent of Police H T Shekhar, a team led by Inspector Annaiah K T was formed to trace the accused. After a search the police found the accused in Halekallu village in the taluk.

It is confirmed that two more accused in  the case have died, the police said.