Office-bearers of Dakshina Kannada Mogaveera Samyukta Mahasabha at a press meet in Mangaluru on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Dakshina Kannada Mogaveera Samyukta Mahasabha has demanded the arrest of the couple, who had accused 48-year-old Somanath Putran of harassment, which allegedly led him to end his life.Talking to reporters in Mangaluru on Monday, mahasabha prosident Bharath Ullal said Putran’s wife had filed a complaint with the Surathkal police accusing the couple of abetting suicide. Though the FIR had been registered, the police had neither arrested the couple nor mentioned their names as accused.
He demanded that the police arrest the couple in 48 hours.Mr. Ullal said the case should be registered under provisions of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against police officers accused of harassing Putran and they should be placed under suspension.The case should either be investigated by a police team under supervision of a retired or serving district judge or by the CID, he said.
The investigation report should be made public in a month’s time and ₹2 crore should be paid as compensation to family members of the deceased from the Chief Minister’s Relief fund, he said.If the demands were not met in the next 48 hours, the coastal fishermen community would be forced to launch an agitation, he said.Following complaint by a Delhi-based woman and her friend from Keralam accusing Putran and others of harassment near Hosabettu fishing jetty on October 25 night, the Surathkal police called Putran for inquiry on October 26 and he was released on bail. On October 27, Putran was found dead in his house at Hosabettu.
Published - November 02, 2026 08:59 pm IST