<p class="bodytext"> Four months after the state government handed over the probe into murder of 19-year-old Paresh Mesta, a Hindu activist, at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the central agency has started investigation by re-registering the FIR.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state government had handed over the probe to CBI on the request by Mesta’s parents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Paresh Mesta, a resident of Tulasinagar in Honnavar taluk was murdered on December 6, 2017 in Honnavar. His body was found floating in Honnavar’s Shettikere lake on December 8, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CBI FIR names five accused persons – Azad Annigeri, Ashif Rafiq, Mohammed Faisal Annigeri, Imtiyaz Gani and Salim. A senior police official said that local police had also named the five accused in their FIR.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the CBI FIR, the five accused had gathered in front of Good Luck Hotel in Honnavar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They indulged in stone throwing and went on a rampage damaging shops, temples and vehicles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The gang then waylaid Mesta and killed him. They later threw the body in the Shettikere lake to destroy evidence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The murder had led to widespread violence in Uttara Kannada. The state government handed over the probe to the CBI through a notification on December 13, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union government issued the notification under Delhi Police Establishment Act on April 10, 2018. CBI’s Chennai Zone has re-registered the FIR.</p>
<p class="bodytext"> Four months after the state government handed over the probe into murder of 19-year-old Paresh Mesta, a Hindu activist, at Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the central agency has started investigation by re-registering the FIR.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The state government had handed over the probe to CBI on the request by Mesta’s parents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Paresh Mesta, a resident of Tulasinagar in Honnavar taluk was murdered on December 6, 2017 in Honnavar. His body was found floating in Honnavar’s Shettikere lake on December 8, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The CBI FIR names five accused persons – Azad Annigeri, Ashif Rafiq, Mohammed Faisal Annigeri, Imtiyaz Gani and Salim. A senior police official said that local police had also named the five accused in their FIR.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to the CBI FIR, the five accused had gathered in front of Good Luck Hotel in Honnavar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They indulged in stone throwing and went on a rampage damaging shops, temples and vehicles.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The gang then waylaid Mesta and killed him. They later threw the body in the Shettikere lake to destroy evidence.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The murder had led to widespread violence in Uttara Kannada. The state government handed over the probe to the CBI through a notification on December 13, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union government issued the notification under Delhi Police Establishment Act on April 10, 2018. CBI’s Chennai Zone has re-registered the FIR.</p>