Mangaluru: Youth kidnapped, assaulted and looted
Two accused held
Mangaluru, Dec 6: Pandeshwara police arrested two accused here on Thursday on charges of kidnapping a youth, assaulting and looting him near Sasihithlu. The arrested have been identified as Gautham and Laivegar.
The victim has been identified as Shimaq Hassan (22) of Falnir in the city. Shimaq is studying BBM in a college in the city. When the victim was having tea with his two of his friends Nashath and Sourav at a stall at Attavara on Dec 5, Shimaq classmate Ankith came in a bike and took Shimaq with him. As Shimaq did not return even after half an hour, his friends called Shimaq. Initially he did not receive the call and when they called him over other phone, the miscreants picked up the call and said that they were taking Shimaq to Moodabidri.
Later, the accused called his friends that they want Rs 50,000 and if not, they would not leave him. Some time later, they threatened that they would kill him. At this time, his friends contacted his family members and prepared to give Rs 25,000. After receiving the amount near KPT, the Miscreants dropped him and fled the scene.
Miscreants have assaulted Shimaq with iron rod and burnt him in cigeratte buts. He was treated at Wenlock hospital. The police have been searching for the remaining accused including Ankith.
Police also seized the swift car used for kidnapping him and iron rods. A case was registered at Pandeshwara police station.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
