Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)
Mangaluru, Nov 28: The driver of a vehicle refused to pay toll charges at NITK Tollgate in Suratkal on Thursday, November 28. Then he threatened the staff by showing pistol. Police arrested him subsequently.
Rafique K N P(36), a resident of Kasargod, the driver of vehicle No KL-60H-5500 registration number initially got down with an argument with toll staff Anuradha that he will not pay the toll charges Meanwhile Yajnesh Karkera asked the driver to pay.
Yajnesh Karkera in the police complaint to Suratkal police station stated that the driver at that juncture picked a pistol from inside the right door of the car. He brandished the pistol challenging Yajnesh to take the amount if he had the capacity and threatened to kill if he came closer.
Suratkal station police personnel registered a case under registration No 150/2019 under IPC section 506/2 and Indian arms act section 25.
The accused has been arrested and KL-60H-5500 car and the pistol have been confiscated from him.