Vehicle theft case: Four rowdy-sheeters held in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Mar 23: Mangaluru city police have arrested four people on charges of looting two-wheeler riders and stealing two-wheelers.
All the four arrested men are rowdy-sheeters, city police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar told reporters here on Tuesday.
The arrested have been identified as Deekshit poojary (32) from Kulashekara, Chandrahasa Poojary (34) from Someshwara, Hemachandra from Kotekar, Santosh Poojary alias Nayi Santu (38) from Chelar in Surathkal.
The Commissioner said eight other men belonging to the gang were absconding and efforts are on to trace them.
Police have recovered two two-wheelers which the accused had stolen, apart from cash, mobile phones and lethal weapons.
The arrested men were also involved in sand and drugs mafia and had links with notorious underworld don Ravi Poojary and other criminals, the Commissioner said.
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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
