Youngster who placed SDPI flag on statue was drunk: Chikkamagaluru SP

CHIKKAMAGALURU: Chikkamagaluru SP HA Machindra on Friday said the youth who had placed an SDPI flag over the statue of Shankaracharya in Sringeri on Thursday was drunk.
Police arrested Milind Manohar in connection with the case. He got the banner from a nearby mosque and threw it on a statue under the influence of alcohol, cops probing the incident said on Friday.
" We have got information from a nearby masjid that two Eid Milad banners are missing from the place.We accessed CCTV footage from the masjid. A person entered the masjid and came out with the banners," said an officer.
Milind (28) is from Beelagadde village near Sringeri town. He was drinking atthe bar near the main bus stand. "When it started raining, he went inside the masjid. Initially, he planned to use the banners to sleep on in the bus stand. Then he changed his mind and flung it on the statue," added the cop who is involved in the investigation.
The accused has been hospitalised and is unaware of the gravity of the incident." He is an old offender in few theft cases," the added.