Bantwal : The fourth accused in the assault case on studio owner Dinesh Shetty has been arrested on Thursday.

The accused has been identified as Savad (20).

The Bantwal police already arrested three accused. However, Savad, the fourth accused was reported to be absconding.

Mohammed Arshad (19), Abdul Rehman (22) and Mahmoud Saifuddin (22) arrested earlier.

Dinesh Kottinja, the owner of Trisha Studio at Farangipete in Pudu village was attacked by a group of four persons on the pretext of customers and had inflicted stab injuries on Dinesh On Wednesday at 7.15 pm.

The attack had left Dinesh with injuries to his head, right hand and left side of the abdomen.