Next action in pub attack case after consulting legal team:

The next course of action in the Mangaluru pub attack case in which all the accused were acquitted by a court would be taken in consultation with the state's legal team, Karnataka minister Ramalinga Reddy said today.

A court recently acquitted rightwing fringe group Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik and several others for lack of evidence.

"We will take a decision in the pub attack case after consulting our legal team, which includes our Advocate General," the Home minister told reporters here.

Over 30 Sri Ram Sene activists had allegedly barged into a pub on January 24, 2009, in Mangaluru and assaulted some women and men, claiming they were violating traditional Indian values.

The incident had generated national outrage after the video clip of the attack went viral.

To a query, Reddy said the government is continuing to give police protection to Muthalik "because of the threat he received long back."
On journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case, Reddy said, "Wewill disclose details as and when we get information in thisregard."
Asked about a letter written by Additional DGP R P Sharma to Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha, Reddy said, "It is an illegal letter... I don't want to answer... ask the chief secretary."