Mangalore: Rashid Malbari, two others thrash 'informer' Muneer in jail
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (VM)
Mangalore, Apr 12: Muneer Ahmed, who was arrested recently in a theft case and lodged in the district jail, was allegedly beaten up by Rashid Malbari and two other jail inmates.
The incident occured inside the jail here on Friday April 12.
Sources said that the crime branch police had been visiting the jail on a regular basis, and Muneer, who is a former police informer, had been reportedly passing them information about the happenings in the jal.
Angered over this, Rashid Malbari along with Madoori Subbu and Hyder allegedly thrashed him.
An injured Muneer was taken to Wenlock hospital and admitted there.
Muneer was arrested by the Kadri police on March 26 for stealing computers and other electronic equipment from various places in the city. He had been a police informer but had turned against the police later, alleging a police officer of collecting hafta through him and torturing him.
Rashid Malbari, known to be a notorious gangster, has been in the jail since 2009.