One injured in shootout by Rowdy sheeter in Puttur
Puttur: A 36-year old man was on Tuesday evening shot by four attackers who came on Indica car outside the victim’s house in Kabaka in Puttur Taluk.
The victim, identified as Abdul Qader (36), has sustained severe injuries with two bullet wounds on chest and forehead and is being treated at a private hospital in Mangaluru.
According to the family of Abdul Qader, he was assaulted several times in last two years before being shot on Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm. Qader was reportedly working as a tipper truck driver.
Qader brother Abubaker told Vartha Bharati that two years back Khader was asked by one of his friend to collect money from a person who was not paying back his loan. The person then allegedly hired a rowdy sheeter Sadiq, aka Blade Sadiq to assault Qader.
Sadiq was reportedly arrested by local police after attacking Qader and had served jail term for the attack when he was caught red handed earlier.
On Tuesday evening, when Qader was returning home from work, four people arrived in a white Indica car and one of them shot Qader on chest and a missed second shot on forehead. Qader was rushed to Puttur hospital where he was administered first aid and was later shifted to a private hospital in Mangaluru.
Abubaker also told Vartha Bharati that Qader had seen Sadiq inside the car along with three others and added that the same information has been given to the police.
The attackers fled the crime scene after the incident and are at large. Police is currently investigating the matter.
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Low visibility prevents PM’s helicopter from landing in Taherpur, Modi returns to Kolkata airport
Kolkata (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter failed to land at the Taherpur helipad in West Bengal owing to low visibility on account of dense fog in the area on Saturday, an official said.
The PM’s chopper made a U-turn after hovering over the helipad ground for a while and returned to the Kolkata airport, he said.
Till reports last received, the Prime Minister was waiting at the airport for further updates on the weather situation.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Modi would reach the rally venue district by road or whether he would wait for the weather to clear up and make another attempt to reach Taherpur by the aerial route, the official said.
Earlier in the day, the Prime Minister reached Kolkata at around 10.40 am and took a chopper onward to Taherpur in Nadia district, where he is scheduled to hold an administrative programme to launch highway projects in West Bengal, followed by a political rally of the BJP, titled Parivartan Sankalpa Sabha, which he is supposed to address.
