Mangaluru CCB nabs absconding accused linked to 24 criminal cases
Mangaluru: The Mangaluru City Crime Branch (CCB) police on Tuesday apprehended a man who had gone into hiding after repeatedly failing to appear before the court in connection with several cases. He was handed over to the Barke Police Station.
The accused has been identified as Abdul Fayan (27), a resident of Batyadka, Manjanady.
Police stated that Fayaan is accused in around 24 cases registered across various police stations in Mangaluru city and Dakshina Kannada district. These include theft, attempted murder, and assaulting officials inside prison, thereby obstructing their duties.
City Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy said that the accused was previously released on bail but later absconded by not appearing in court for further hearings.
Fayaan is allegedly involved in multiple thefts at government offices, schools, and shops under the jurisdiction of Konaje and Ullal police stations in Mangaluru Commissionerate, and Bantwal Town, Bantwal Rural, Uppinangady, Kadaba, and Puttur Town police stations in Dakshina Kannada district. He is also accused of attacking fellow inmates and attempting to murder prison staff while under judicial custody.
Additionally, the City Police Commissioner revealed that several cases have also been registered against Fayan in different police stations across the state of Kerala.
The CCB unit officers and staff were involved in tracking down and arresting the accused.
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Five killed in car-truck collision in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur
Jashpur (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): Five persons were killed when a car they were travelling in collided with a truck in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred near Patratoli village under Duldula police station limits in the wee hours when the victims were heading towards Jashpur, a police official said.
The impact was so severe that the car was completely crushed. All five occupants of the car died on the spot, he said.
After the incident, some villagers rushed to the spot and immediately informed the police.
The Duldula police, with the help of locals, retrieved the bodies from the mangled vehicle and sent them to the Community Health Centre for post-mortem, the official said.
As per preliminary information, the victims were residents of the Charaidand area. Their identity was being ascertained, he added.
