Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Feb 11: The personnel of Dakshina Kannada district crime intelligence bureau (DCIB) have arrested Mohammed Shaffi, who is the main accused in a case pertaining to enticing a Chikmagalur district resident to come to Bangalore by making her believe that she would be provided with an employment in Saudi Arabia, and then reportedly subjecting her to gang-rape.
The team, headed by DCIB inspector, Venkatesh Prasanna, raided the hide out of Shaffi at Kalladka near Puttur, and arrested him on Tuesday February 9 night.
Ramlat, a widow from Hosally in Moodigere taluk, Chikmagalur district, was reportedly promised a job in Saudi Arabia by Shaffi. He, along with Latif and Kalam, who runs a travel agency here, had collected Rs 65,000 from her for securing the promised job. They are accused of taking her to Bangalore on October 13, 2009, booking a room in Hindustan Lodge in Majestic area of Bangalore and gang-raping her. The woman had escaped from them and registered a complaint in Upparpet police station.
Latif and Kalam have already been arrested. The investigation had been handed over to the DCIB policemen here.