Narendra Shenoy in police custody

The pro-Hindu Yuva Brigade founder Naresh Shenoy, who has been named as prime accused in RTI activist Vinayak Baliga murder case, was producedbefore a court heretoday and was remanded to police custody for three days.
Shenoy, who had been absconding since the March 21murder, was arrested by the police yesterday.
Additional Commissioner of Police Tilak Chandra, Special InvestigationOfficer in the case, produced him before the the Third Judicial Magistrate (First Class).
The city-based RTI activist Vinayak Baliga wasmurdered by hired killers on March 21 last near his residenceat Kodialbail here.
The case had generated public interest asthe investigation was personally led by PoliceCommissioner M Chandra Sekhar.

Shenoy is a popular right wing youth leader andfounder of Namo Brigade which had orchestrated Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's election campaign in 2014.

The Namo Brigade, which was his outfit's original name, was later renamed asYuva Brigade.
Besides Naresh Shenoy, the other arrested areShailesh (40), Shivaprasad (28), Vineet Poojary (26) andNishit Devadiga (23).
Naresh's close associate, photographer K Manjunath Shenoy (39), was also arrested for helping theaccused abscond. He was later granted bail, police said.
The suspected motive for the murder relates tofinancial irregularities in a temple in the city. The temple is a cash- rich religious institution belonging to Goud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) community.

Police sources said that Shenoy was angered whenBaliga, a fellow community member, tried to expose the dealings of the accused in the temple.