Bengaluru: Mangaluru-based business tycoon Naresh Shenoy, the main accused in the RTI activist Vinayak Baliga murder case has been granted conditional bail by the Karnataka High Court here on September 15.
Justice B Shrinivase Gowda heard the bail petition filed by Shenoy and directed the petitioner to furnish a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh with two local sureties. The court has asked him to surrender his passport as well as visa. He has also been asked not to contact authorities at Venkataramana temple or visit the same. He went missing for more than two months and was arrested recently.

It may be recalled that the RTI activist Vinayak Baliga who had unearthed many controversial information related to unauthorised constructions in the city was hacked to death near his house on March 21, 2016. He had also raised the issue about alleged irregularities in the affairs of the famous Venkataramana temple in Mangaluru.