Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru
Mangaluru, Jun 18: The city crime branch (CCB) police led by inspector Valentine D'Souza on Thursday June 17 foiled a murder conspiracy and arrested eight persons near Jokatte industrial area here.
Based on credible information that a Scorpio was moving suspiciously in the vicinity of an electrode factory near Baikampady, the CCB police raided the spot and arrested eight persons who were said to be planning to murder a man identified as Ilyas, who had been in jail till recently.
The arrested are Sahil Ismail alias Sahil (20), a resident of Krishnapura, Suzaan alias Mohammed Suzaan alias Sujja (18), a resident of Haleangady, Mohammed Aneez alias Aneez (18) of Padu Panambur, Haleangady, Abdul Rauf alias Rauf (20) of Haleangady, Mohammed Suhail alias Suhail (20) of Kuthar, Mahendra (35) of Tyagarajanagar, Bengaluru, Srinivas (40) of Basavanagudi, Bengaluru, and Shravana (36) of Banashankari, Bengaluru.
The accused had plotted to kill Ilyas against whom they had an old grudge and had also planned to rob some well-to-do persons, police said. They had kept a watch on Ilyas' movements. They had taken a Scorpio on rent to commit the crime and changed its number plate.
The police also seized five machetes/swords, a fake pistol, 16 mobile phones apart from the Scorpio from the eight accused.
Among the accused, Suzaan is the younger brother of Safwan of Haleangady who is currently under judicial custody. It is learnt that it was on Safwan's instructions that the eight had planned to kill Ilyas.
Ilyas, a resident of Ullal, had been arrested under Goonda Act in connection with a crime and had served jail sentence. He was recently released.
Accused Mahendra is booked in an attempt-to-murder case in JP Nagar police station, Bengaluru. Sahil Ismail faces a theft case in Bajpe police station and attempt-to-murder case in Hassan city police station.
The eight accused and the seized items have been handed over to Panambur police for further investigations.
The arrest operation was conducted on the directions of police commissioner S Murugan, under the guidance of DCP (law and order) K M Shantaraju, DCP (crime) Vishnuwardhan, and led by CCB inspector Valentine D'Souza.