Mangaluru, October 03: The city police arrested three persons on charges of attempting to murder a youth of Gantalkatte.

The arrested are identified as Dhanaraj Poojary alias Dhanu (25) of Thokur Kodikere in the taluk, Dinesh Poojary (38) of Sasihithlu near Haleangadi, and Shashwath Shetty alias Shashwath (23) of Honnakatte Kulai near Surathkal. The police are looking out for remaining accused in the case.

Victim Muhammad Imtiyaz is running a tea stall at the masjid building. As usual, when Imtiyaz was at his tea stall on September 24, a team of four-five persons who came in a car, attacked him with lethal weapons and fled the scene. Imtiyaz sustained severe injuries on his head, hand and back and was admitted to a private hospital in the city.

The group also attacked hotel staff Ibrahim (23) who tried to avoid the attack on Imtiyaz. He also sustained minor injuries in the incident and Moodabidri police registered a case.

Three teams to trace accused

The police have formed three teams, comprise the police personnel of Moodabidri, Mangaluru CCB and Mangaluru City North Sub-division Panamburu Anti-rowdy Squad, to trace the accused.

Accused Dhanaraj alias Dhanu has been facing various cases like murder attempt at Karkala police station and posting derogatory comment in WhatsApp at Surathkal police station. Dinesh Poojary has been facing murder attempt case at Padubidri police station.

Panambur anti-rowdy squad police inspector Rafeeq, Mulki police inspector Ananth Padmanabh and staff, CCB police inspector Shantaram and his staff, Moodabidri police inspector Ramachandra K. Nayak and Anti-rowdy squad ASI Muhammad, staff Kushala Maniyani, Sathish M, Vijay Kanchan, Issaq Ahmed, Radhakrishna, Sharan Kali and Shylendra participated in the operation.



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New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and others on a plea to accord weightage to states' proposal on the exact cost of cultivation while fixing minimum support price (MSP).

A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notices to the Centre and others, including the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, seeking their response on the plea.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the petitioners, said the plea raises a very important issue related to the farmers in the country.

The plea has sought direction to the authorities to ensure complete procurement of all notified crops under the MSP calculated on the basis of the exact cost of cultivation.

It has also sought direction to take appropriate steps to ensure complete procurement of crops from all farmers who are desirous of selling their crops at the MSP.