Mangaluru: The Mangaluru Central Crime Branch Police arrested three individuals for allegedly plotting to rob rich people, traders and businessmen in Mukkancheri area of Ullal.

The arrested accused have been identified as Sameer Ali alias Kadpara Sameer (33) of Mukkancheri, Mansoor alias Boliyat Mansoor (30) of Boliyar and Naushad (30) of Konaje.

The CCB confiscated a knife, mobile phones, and a jeep all worth rs 25.90 lakh from the possession of the accused.

A case has been lodged against the accused at the Ullal Police Station.

Sameer Ali is involved in a total of seven cases, including attempted murder, life threats at Ullal Police Station, the Ilyas murder case at Mangaluru South Police Station, a shootout case at Falnir shop, and life threats at Konaje Police Station.

Similarly, accused Mansoor has been involved in a previous robbery and assault case at Konaje Police Station, a shootout case at Falnir registered at Mangaluru South Police Station, and a drug trafficking case registered at Cyber, Economic and Narcotics Police Station. While, Naushad was previously accused in a robbery case at Konaje Police Station.

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Paris: On the opening day—early on Saturday—India's shooting contingent will be at the forefront of the Paris Olympics 2024. The campaign begins with the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team event, featuring the pairs of Ramita Jindal-Arjun Babuta and Elavenil Valarivan-Sandeep Singh. These pairs will strive to bring medals to India.

The medal matches are scheduled for the latter part of the day, with the top four teams from the qualifiers advancing to the finals. Teams ranked first and second will compete for gold, while the other two will contest for bronze. Additionally, Arjun Singh Cheema, Sarabjot Singh, Manu Bhaker, and Rhythm Sangwan will participate in the 10m air pistol events, with only the qualifiers scheduled for the day.

India's largest-ever shooting contingent of 15 athletes represented the country at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where Saurabh Chaudhary was the sole finalist from that group. The rifle shooters had underperformed the last time.

India's hockey team will also begin their campaign in Pool B against New Zealand. In badminton, Lakshya Sen will compete in the men's singles group match. Following this, the men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take to the court. Later in the day, veteran tennis player Rohan Bopanna will start his final Olympic appearance in the men's doubles with N Sriram Balaji.

Full Schedule:

Badminton
- Men's singles group match: Lakshya Sen vs Kevin Cordon (Guatemala) at 7:10 PM IST
- Men's doubles group match: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar (France) at 8:00 PM IST
- Women's doubles group match: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto vs Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong (Korea) at 11:50 PM IST

Boxing
- Women's 54kg opening round bout: Preeti Pawar vs Thi Kim Anh Vo (Vietnam) at 12:05 AM IST, Jan 28

Hockey
- Pool B match: India vs New Zealand at 9:00 PM IST

Rowing
- Men's single sculls: Panwar Balraj at 12:30 PM IST

Table Tennis
- Men's singles preliminary round: Harmeet Desai vs Zaid Abo Yaman (Jordan) at 7:15 PM IST

Tennis
- Men's doubles first round: Rohan Bopanna and N Sriram Balaji vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Fabien Reboul (France) at 3:30 PM IST

Shooting
- 10m air rifle mixed team qualification: Sandeep Singh/Elavenil Valarivan, Arjun Babuta/Ramita Jindal at 12:30 PM IST
- Mixed team 10m air rifle medal rounds: 2:00 PM onwards (if India qualifies)
- 10m air pistol men's qualification: Arjun Singh Cheema and Sarabjot Singh at 2:00 PM IST
- 10m air pistol women's qualification: Manu Bhaker and Rhythm Sangwan at 4:00 PM IST

India's contingent is set for an action-packed Day 1, hoping to start their Olympic campaign on a positive note.