Mangaluru: Pandeshwar police and Mangaluru CCB team, in a joint operation, arrested two persons regarding the murder of Target Group member Iliyas, on Friday morning.

The accused have been identified as Mohammed Sameer alias Sameer alias Robort (27) –a resident of Abbakka and Kasrgod district’s Gerukatte resident Nameer Hamza(34).

A case has been registered in Ullal police station against Sameer for attacking Surma Imran of Target Group and vandalizing house of Hamza, another member of Target Group, and attacking his famility members.

Nameer Hamza also faces a case of attempt to murder in Konaje police station, a case of robbery in Suratkal station, a robbery attempt case in city (north) station, and kidnap case in Ullal police station.

Ilyas was murdered on January 13, in his residence at Mifta Apartment near Jappu Kudupady Juma mosque in the city by stabbing him with a knife. In this regard, a case was registered in Mangaluru south police station.

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Ahmedabad (PTI): A tremor of 3.7 magnitude jolted Gujarat's Kutch district on Monday morning, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said.

There was no report of any casualty or damage to property, the district administration said.

The tremor was recorded at 10.44 am with its epicentre 76 kilometres north-north east of Lakhpat, the Gandhinagar-based ISR said.

This is the second seismic activity of more than 3 magnitude this month in the district.

On December 7, a tremor of 3.2 magnitude was recorded in the district, according to the ISR.

Last month, Kutch recorded an earthquake of 4 magnitude on November 18.

Earlier, on November 15, Patan in north Gujarat was jolted by an earthquake of 4.2 magnitude, as per the ISR data.

Gujarat is a high earthquake-risk area.

It suffered nine major earthquakes in the past 200 years, according to data of the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority (GSDMA).

The earthquake in Kutch on January 26, 2001 was the third largest and second most destructive in India over the last two centuries, according to the GSDMA.

A large number of towns and villages in the district had suffered almost complete destruction in the earthquake, which killed nearly 13,800 persons and left 1.67 lakh others injured.