One injured in shootout by Rowdy sheeter in Puttur
Puttur: A 36-year old man was on Tuesday evening shot by four attackers who came on Indica car outside the victim’s house in Kabaka in Puttur Taluk.
The victim, identified as Abdul Qader (36), has sustained severe injuries with two bullet wounds on chest and forehead and is being treated at a private hospital in Mangaluru.
According to the family of Abdul Qader, he was assaulted several times in last two years before being shot on Tuesday evening at 6:30 pm. Qader was reportedly working as a tipper truck driver.
Qader brother Abubaker told Vartha Bharati that two years back Khader was asked by one of his friend to collect money from a person who was not paying back his loan. The person then allegedly hired a rowdy sheeter Sadiq, aka Blade Sadiq to assault Qader.
Sadiq was reportedly arrested by local police after attacking Qader and had served jail term for the attack when he was caught red handed earlier.
On Tuesday evening, when Qader was returning home from work, four people arrived in a white Indica car and one of them shot Qader on chest and a missed second shot on forehead. Qader was rushed to Puttur hospital where he was administered first aid and was later shifted to a private hospital in Mangaluru.
Abubaker also told Vartha Bharati that Qader had seen Sadiq inside the car along with three others and added that the same information has been given to the police.
The attackers fled the crime scene after the incident and are at large. Police is currently investigating the matter.
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Yogish Goudar murder case: Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni, 16 others sentenced to life imprisonment
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Bengaluru: A special court for people’s representatives has sentenced Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni and 16 others to life imprisonment in connection with the murder of BJP leader Yogish Goudar.
The verdict was delivered by judge Santhosh Gajanana Bhat. The court had earlier, on Wednesday, held all 17 accused guilty of murdering Goudar, while reserving the quantum of punishment.
On Friday, the court pronounced the sentence, awarding life imprisonment to all the convicted persons in the case.
Yogish Goudar, a BJP member from the Hebballi Zilla Panchayat constituency in Dharwad district, was murdered in 2016.
