Two couples, who were present at a juice centre in Balmatta, were questioned by a group of members last evening, and later the group was taken to police station.

Two boys and two girls were talking to each other when a group of men entered suddenly and began talking to them, said a person who was present at the spot.

He also said that they look like Sri Ram Sena members, speaking about religion.

Another eyewitness said, one boy ran away when the group entered and another one was questioned by beating up with holding his collar of his shirt.

New Delhi, Feb 7: The Mangalore police on Saturday arrested two people for attacking Shruti, daughter of Kerala''s CPM MLA and her friend.

The MLA''s daughter along with her friend was kidnapped and beaten up allegedly by Bajrang Dal activists.

Verifying the arrests, Inspector General of Mangalore A M Prasad said," We have identified a few people involved in the incident and two boys have been picked up...."

The police have also identified four other culprits who are likely to be arrested soon.

"We are trying to find out whether the attackers belonged to Bajrang Dal or Sri Ram Sene," said a police officer

Mangalore, Feb 5 : Pramod Muthalik, the Chief of the Sri Rama Sena, has said that the raid on a Mangalore pub was justified, as it was aimed at protecting youngsters from falling into wrong hands. 

"Our aim is not create violence. We raided a pub, but nobody understands that there is a drug mafia and sex mafia working in the area and lot of females are becoming victims of that. I agree that our way to protest was not right. I will tell my party activists to rather carry their protest in a peaceful manner," said Muthalik.

He said that his forum would submit a memorandum to the State authorities to stop all preparedness for the Valentine''s Day.

Mangalore, Jan 31, : All 27 persons arrested in connection with the Sri Ram Sena attack case in a Mangalore pub, including Pramod Muthalik were released on bail on Saturday.

The accused have been told to report to the Mangalore North police station once a fortnight.

The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) also questioned Muthalik on Saturday for his alleged link to the Malegaon bomb blast in 2008.

Muthalik, however, said he had not link to that incident.

Sri ram Sena Vice-President Prasad Attavar said the outfit is happy with the incident because of the countrywide publicity it attracted.

Mangalore/New Delhi, Jan. 29  A local court in Mangalore on Thursday sent the Sri Ram Sena's chief Pramod Muthalik to one-day judicial custody while reserving its decision till Friday over his bail plea in the pub attack case that occurred on January 24.

Muthalik was brought to Mangalore on Thursday afternoon. Though he was arrested in Davanagere on Wednesday but soon after a court granted him bail in another case.

Meanwhile, a team of Maharashtra ATS headed by a senior officer was scheduled to leave for the Mangalore later on Thursday to question him in connection with the Malegaon blast case.

The private buses in Mangalore will be shortly replaced by Govt. services. This was announced by Transport minister R Ashok.

Private owners are providing city bus services in the city.

A necessary action plan in this regard has already been chalked out. Govt. has issued instructions to the district administration in this regard the minister informed.

He said that the state owned Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is fully equipped to handle transport in the state. He even informed that the state government is planning to ban movement of private buses on national highways in the state.