Vantamuri case: Main accused greeted with garlands, sweets after release from jail on bail

BELAGAVI: In a shocking incident, the prime accused in the Vantamuri case, where a woman was disrobed, paraded, tied to a pole and beaten up, was given a grand welcome after he was released from jail on conditional bail on Monday evening.

The accused walking out of jail after the high court approved their conditional bail.

On December 11 last year, a 42-year-old woman in Vantamuri village of Belagavi district was allegedly paraded naked, assaulted and tied to an electricity pole after her son eloped with a girl from the same village. The Kakati police had arrested 13 people in connection with the incident.

After four months at the Hindalga jail here, the Karnataka High Court granted conditional bail to the accused. The prime accused, Basappa Nayak, was welcomed by relatives and friends just outside the jail with garlands and sweets. A video of the incident has since gone viral.