Udupi: In a breakthrough, Malpe Police on Sunday arrested three men in connection with the brutal murder of Saifuddin alias Saif, a rowdy-sheeter and owner of the AKMS private bus service, who was hacked to death in broad daylight at Salmar near Malpe-Kodavoor on Saturday.
The arrested men have been identified as Muhammad Faisal Khan (27), a resident of Mission Compound in Udupi; Muhammad Sharief (37), from Janata Colony in Karamballi, Udupi; and Abdul Shukoor, also known as Addu (43), a resident of Krishnapura in Surathkal.
The three accused were produced before a local court in Udupi after their arrest.
The investigation was carried out under the guidance of Udupi Deputy Superintendent of Police D.T. Prabhu. The special investigation team was led by Malpe Circle Inspector Ramachandra Nayak, with Malpe SI Anil Kumar D. and a team of police constables assisting in the operation.
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Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
