Five people, including a juvenile, were arrested in connection with alleged abduction and robbery of a gold shop employee who was carrying a gold bar on a scooter, police officials said here on Monday.

Kollur police have successfully solved the gold chain theft case reported at the famous Kollur Mookambika Temple within 24 hours, arresting a woman and recovering the stolen ornament.

In a breakthrough, Malpe Police on Sunday arrested three men in connection with the brutal murder of Saifuddin alias Saif, a rowdy-sheeter and owner of the AKMS private bus service, who was hacked to death in broad daylight at Salmar near Malpe-Kodavoor on Saturday.

The body of Saif alias Saifuddin Athradi, a rowdy-sheeter and owner of the AKMS private bus service who was brutally murdered in broad daylight at Salmar near Malpe-Kodavoor on Saturday, was handed over to his family late Saturday night after a post-mortem examination at the mortuary of Manipal KMC Hospital.

Police have registered a case against Hindu Jagaran Vedike leader Samit Raj on charges of sexual assault and criminal intimidation, after a woman complained that he obtained her intimate photographs and repeatedly assaulted her under threat of violence.

PB Ahmed Mudassar has been elected as the new President of the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI).

In a case where a woman was allegedly raped after being promised marriage and later deceived while pregnant, the DNA report has now confirmed that the child belongs to the accused, Shri Krishna J. Rao, son of BJP leader P.G. Jagannivas Rao. The report was disclosed by K.P. Nanjundi, State President of Vishwakarma Maha Mandal, during a press conference held in Puttur on Saturday.

AKMS bus owner Saifuddin was murdered by three men armed with deadly weapons. According to preliminary investigation, the assailants were drivers employed in Saifuddin’s own bus service, Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar confirmed.