Mangalore: Murder Attempt on Auto Driver an Act of Revenge, Three Arrested
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Nov 21: Police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder attempt on Ravi alias Ravindra, a rickshaw driver near Airport authority Signal Station, Kandavar village, Bajpe on November 13. Police commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh had formed four teams to nab the culprits.
At a press conference held at his office on Monday November 21, Singh told reporters that as per the complaint given by Ravindra Shettigar, an eyewitness at Bajpe police station, the police arrested the main accused Hanif alias Maada Hanif (26), resident near Parimar Masjid, Devasya Mane, Maripalla Pudu village, Bantwal in Farangipet area last night. Also, a weapon and a Maruti Omni car (KA 19 P 2528) have been seized by the police.
The police commissioner revealed that the attempt to kill Ravi was an act of revenge as he had passed on information to the murderers of rowdy sheeter Kabir about the latter's movements. Kabir had been brutally killed with lethal weapons at Charavu, near Gurupur here on February 25 this year.
Police also arrested Abdul Majeed, brother of Kabir and Abdul Rahiman, resident of Addur Manibettu (accused in Candle Santhu murder case) on Monday November 21 morning in Gurupur area.
Already, there are six cases against Hanif, two against Majeed and one against Rahiman.
All three accused were produced before the media without hiding their faces, as all of them were known local people and no identification test was required, according to the police commissioner.
Singh also said that these three had the intention of killing Ravindra and had attacked him with an iron rod, a wooden shaft and a sword and fled the scene assuming him to be dead. But police rushed to the spot immediately and with the help of locals shifted him to a hospital in the city. Singh said that Ravindra is now out of danger and appreciated the police team in maintaining peace in the area on that day.
He also said that more arrests are likely in the coming days, but refused to elaborate further to avoid problems in the investigation. However, he did say that the murder attempt was backed by other hands as it occurred in broad daylight.
On the murder of elderly woman Lalitha Poojary on Saturday November 19, Singh said that Mulky police are investigating the case.
DCPs Mutthuraya and Dharmaiah were present at the press conference.
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