Udupi, Oct 4: Malpe Police have arrested one more person in connection with the murder of rowdy-sheeter and AKMS bus owner Saifuddin, taking the total number of arrests in the case to four.

The arrested woman has been identified as Ridha Shabana (27), wife of Muhammad Faisal Khan, one of the three men already in police custody for the murder. According to police, Ridha allegedly conspired along with the other accused and played a role in planning the murder. She has been produced before the court.

On September 27, Saifuddin was brutally murdered at his residence in Kodavoor. The accused Muhammad Faisal Khan, Muhammad Sharief, and Abdul Shukoor had allegedly attacked him with lethal weapons, leading to his death.

The three men were arrested by Malpe Police the following day, on September 28.

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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.