India Today quoted the Haveri Superintendent of Police as saying that over 20 people have been arrested in the case. Further investigations are underway.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kerala Vice President KS Radhakrishnan slammed the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led government in the state, saying that the state government acts like policemen in old Hindi movies and has a sort of connivance with the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of Popular Front of India (PFI).