Mangalore: Bank Manager Kidnapped, Police Arrest Five
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore
Mangalore, Mar 19: Five people have been arrested by the city police on charges of kidnapping the manager of a bank here on Monday March 19.
Three of the five arrested have been identified as Deepak, Praveen and Uday. They hired an auto rickshaw for the crime. However, the driver of the auto, Harish, is said to be innocent.
The five allegedly kidnapped Tilak, manager of HDFC bank, Mallikatta branch on Monday morning from the bank premises. Tilak is a manager in the loan collection department of the bank.
Soon after, the Kankanady police along with city crime branch officials got into action and traced the kidnappers at Veeranagar, and arrested them. They were then taken from Kankanady to Kadri police station.
Sources said that Tilak was in love with a girl and wanted to marry her. However, their union was opposed by the girl's family. It is learnt that the kidnappers were the girl's brothers.