11 inter-State gang of dacoits held in Mangaluru
Mangaluru, May 28: Eleven inter-State dacoits involved in two cases of kidnapping, looting and murder attempt have been arrested here by the City Crime Branch and police from Moodbidri in a joint operation.
Two cars, five swords, 10 mobile phones and 300 gm of gold out of the 440 gm that was looted have been recovered, city Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar told reporters on Friday.
In this connection, police arrested Mohammed Mahaz (20), a resident of Kariyangadi, Belvai, Moodbidri and Mohammed Aadil (25), a resident of Munigunda, Uppala, Kasargod. The police have recovered 300-gram gold worth Rs 13,86,600 from a jewellery shop.
The other arrested are Abdul Salam alias Pattodi Salam (34) from Jokatte, Mohammed Sharukh (26) from Jokatte, Thokur, Syed Hyder Ali (29) from JHBCS layout, JP Nagar Bengaluru; Asif Ali (28) from Yellechenhalli, JP Nagar, Bengaluru; Abdul Sheik (22) from Bunder, Mangaluru; Shabbas Hussain (49) from Kambekar street, Mumbai; Mushahid Ansari (38) from Bivandi, Thane, Mumbai; Sheik Sajid Hussain (49) from Kambekar street, Mumbai; and Mustaq Kureshi (42) from Mohammed Ali Road, Kambekar street, Mumbai.
The kidnapping took place in the first week of May when Waqar Younis, assigned to carry gold to a person in Bengaluru, was kidnapped and looted at Uppala in Kasaragod, Kerala.
Younis was later released by the abductors.
The person in Bengaluru later made threat calls to Younis asking him to hand over the gold and sent people led by Abdul Salam to retrieve the yellow metal.
They were also allegedly told to eliminate him if the gold was not recovered.
All the people involved in the two crimes are accused in the case, police sources said.
The arrested accused belong to different places in Mangaluru, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Thane and Kasaragod, the sources said.
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Shivamogga tense after boy murdered outside school
Shivamogga (PTI): A 16-year-old boy was murdered outside a government school in Sulaebailu here, sparking tension in the area, police said on Tuesday.
Following the incident, a large police force was deployed in the city.
The incident occurred after Sanketh (16), an SSLC student of the Government High School at Uragadooru, attended a special class ahead of examinations.
Superintendent of Police Nikhil B told reporters that Sanketh intervened in an argument involving a group of boys outside his school.
“Some friends who were known to him — they had earlier studied in the same school — were involved. They are also minors. They hit him with their hands. Immediately after being struck, he collapsed. After he fell, by the time he was taken to the hospital, we came to know that he had died,”
"... he was struck near the chest. Due to that blow, he collapsed on the spot,” the SP said.
Two minors have been taken into custody in this connection.
“We are also gathering information about others involved in the incident. Whoever is found to be involved, we will initiate legal action against them as well,” the official added.
On the possible motive, the SP said the exact cause is yet to be ascertained.
“We do not have complete information about that. Once we conduct a detailed inquiry, we will know. Some people are saying it may have been over a trivial matter. However, we cannot confirm that at this stage,” he said.
The incident took on a communal undertone, prompting authorities to deploy heavy police reinforcements across the city to maintain order and prevent escalation.
BJP MLA from Shivamogga, S N Channabasappa, also visited the hospital.
