Mangalore: Sandeep Shetty Murder Case - Six Persons Surrender
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Nov 15: Police on Tuesday November 15 arrested six persons in connection with the murder of Sandeep Shetty at Someshwar railway crossing on the night of Sunday November 13.
The arrested are Keshava alias Chony, a relative of Sandeep; Sandesh and Bhushan of Someshwar, Nishant, a student from Ullalbail, Suraj, an auto driver from Madoor who operates in Deralakatte, and Preethesh of Konaje. All of them are aged around 20-21.
Sandeep Shetty
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The six of them surrendered before the police, it is gathered, after which they were taken into custody.
Sources said that the motive behind the murder was to make a name for themseleves in the underworld.
It is learnt that Sandeep, though allegedly an aide of the notorious Bannanje Raja, had stayed away from crime in the recent past and was not involved in any major incident of late.
Ullal police arrested the six.