Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Sep 18: Three persons, who have been accused of damaging buses which were parked for the night by throwing stones at them, have been arrested by the Mulky police.
The miscreants arrested for the above offence happen to be Samsheer M (27), and Abdul Sattar (21), both from Peraje village in Bantwal taluk, and Mohammed Riaz (28) from Nehrunagar, Narikombu.
Miscreants, who arrived during the wee hours of September 4 between 2 and 3 am, had pelted stones at five buses which were parked at Kinnigoli Batttakody and near Kateel petrol bunk before fleeing. These areas fall under the jurisdiction of Mulky police station.
The scene of damaging the buses was recorded in the CCTV camera installed near the petrol bunk at Kinnigoli. Separate cases were registered about these incidents in Mulky and Bajpe police stations. A special police team had been formed to investigate the incidents.
On Tuesday September 17, the accused were taken into custody from Kolnad near Mulky. A Maruti Alto car, used by them when committing the offence, was seized.
The operation was conducted by police inspector, Anantapadmanabha, sub-inspector, Sheetal Alagur and other staff under the leadership of Mangaluru (north) assistant commissioner of police, Srinivas Gowda.