Police looking into don Ravi Pujari's role in attack on parlour run by Kerala actor
Kochi, Dec 15: The Kerala Police is probing the role of underworld don Ravi Pujari in an incident wherein two men allegedly fired shots at a beauty parlour run by controversial South Indian actress Leena Maria Paul here.
The men, wearing full face helmets, came to the parlour in Panampilly Nagar at around 3 pm on Saturday. They fired two shots and sped away, police had said.
"The two men had left behind an A4 size paper with Ravi Pujari written on both sides. We are probing all angles," a police officer said.
Meanwhile the actor told media that she had received four internet calls demanding money.
"I have received four internet calls in the last one month from people claiming to be of Ravi Pujari gang. They all demanded different amounts," she said, adding she will approach the Kerala High Court seeking investigation and protection in the matter.
The police are trying to recover the CCTV visuals from the area.
"We suspect the weapon used was an air pistol," a police officer had told PTI Saturday.
Leena Maria Paul has acted in Bollywood film 'Madras Cafe', Tamil flick 'Biriyani' and Malayalam films 'Husbands in Goa' and 'Red Chillies'.
The actress was an accused in a bank fraud case and was associated with alleged con man Sukesh Chandrashekhar, currently in Tihar jail in a matter related to a bid to bribe the Election Commission, involving Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam leader and R K Nagar MLA T T V Dinakaran.
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Bengaluru police arrest 6 from TN's Coimbatore in dacoity case
Bengaluru (PTI): Six persons were arrested from Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district in connection with a dacoity case here, police said on Sunday.
The police seized two two-wheelers, four mobile phones, and two laptops worth Rs 3 lakh from the accused.
The accused allegedly trespassed into a house here and threatened the occupants with deadly weapons, earlier this month.
According to police, the complainant, a resident of Pavamana Nagar within the limits of Konanakunte Police Station, submitted a complaint on April 18. He was a college student, originally from Kerala. He, along with six other students, resided in the house and all were pursuing studies at the same college.
On the night of April 17, around late hours, six unknown persons aged between 20-25 years unlawfully entered the house. They assaulted the occupants with their hands and a knife, causing bleeding injuries, threatened them, and robbed them of Rs 10,000 cash, four mobile phones, two laptops, and a two-wheeler, they said, adding that based on the complaint, a dacoity case was registered.
During the investigation, the police conducted inquiries from various angles and gathered credible information through informants. the an official release said, adding, the accused were later picked up from Coimbatore.
The police recovered the stolen laptops, mobile phones, a two-wheeler belonging to the complainant, and another one used in the commission of the offence, they said.
"Upon interrogation, all six accused confessed to their involvement in the offence."
The six accused were produced before a court, which remanded them to judicial custody, they added.
