Udupi: Congress Activist Vasudeva Adiga Kidnapped
Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (VM)
Udupi, Jan 8: Vasudeva Adiga (45), a Congress activist was allegedly kidnapped at around 9 pm near Goliangadi in Vandar here on Monday January 7.
As per the information obtained, Vasudeva Adiga was kidnapped while he was on his way back home to Vandar from Kota in his bike.
A few locals who witnessed the incident said that a black Scorpio car waylaid his bike near Goliangadi and the miscreants forced him inside their car.
Speaking to Daijiworld, Raghu Shettighar, a friend of Vasu Devadiga said that on Monday, Vasu was with him till 6.45 pm.
Sources said that since many days there was a land dispute going on between Vasudeva, Ramesh Bayari, Krishnamoorthy and Shankar over land. Hence police suspect that the kidnapping might have done by them.
In this regard, Ramesh Bayari’s driver Babu has been taken into custody as a suspect.
A case is registered in the Shankarnarayana police station.