Mangaluru police arrest three who attacked college student for traveling with girl classmate
Mangaluru: City police on Sunday arrested three people in connection with the assault and threatening incident of a student for traveling on a bus with his female classmate. A group of people had assaulted and threatened Syed Rashim Umar on November 24 when he was traveling with his classmate on a bus.
The arrested accused have been identified as Muttu (18), Prakash (21), and Rakesh (23).
Umar was traveling in a private bus to Mangaluru through Nitte on November 24 evening, when a group of men attacked him near the Nanthoor Junction in Mangaluru city. The men, who forcibly entered the bus, shouted at the college student before hitting him with a cane and sticks, Umar has said in the police complaint.
The miscreants also pushed him out off the bus and threatened to kill him if the student informed anyone about the matter, Umar told the police.
A complaint was registered by the Kadri Police, following which it has arrested three people in the case.
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Mangaluru: Two arrested, MDMA worth Rs 5.41 lakh seized
Mangaluru: Surathkal Police have arrested two persons and seized 54.06 grams of MDMA valued at Rs 5.41 lakh near a weighing bridge at Mukka within the Surathkal police station limits, Deccan Herald reported on Saturday.
According to DCP (Law and Order) Mithun H.N., the police acted on credible information that a resident of Kaup was arriving in the area to sell MDMA. Based on the tip-off, the PSI of Surathkal Police Station conducted a raid and found two cars parked side by side at the spot.
The arrested accused have been identified as Zakaria (38), from Kombugudde in Kaup and Mithun Poojary (23), from Santhekatte, Udupi district.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused had allegedly come to Surathkal to sell the MDMA to college students and the general public. Police arrested both and seized a total of 54.06 grams of MDMA from their possession,18.42 grams from Zakaria and 36.18 grams from Mithun Poojary.
Police confiscated two cars worth Rs 13 lakh, two mobile phones valued at Rs 20,000, and cash amounting to Rs 11,700. The total value of the seized property is estimated at Rs 18,72,700.
A case has been registered at the Surathkal Police Station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Further investigation is in progress.
The DCP said that Zakaria has a criminal history, with five previous cases registered against him. These include assault cases at Bajpe Police Station in 2009 and Mulki Police Station in 2020, a case involving assault on a woman in 2022, a kidnapping case at Udupi Town Police Station in 2021, and another assault case at Padubidri Police Station in 2022.
