Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jun 22: A gang had intercepted a vehicle that was transporting beef from the slaughterhouse at Kudroli here to the meat market at Kankanady. Reportedly, the vehicle driver was also beaten up. Relating to this incident which happened on Sunday June 21, the police have arrested five persons.
The arrested youths happen to be Deexit Kumar (19) from Suratkal Hosabettu, Kuchigudde Raju Poojary (19), Attavar Santosh Kumar (31), Balachandra (28) and Rakshit (22) from Ullal.
Vehicle intercepted by the miscreants
It is said that Rashid (57) from Kudroli was carrying 200 kg of beef in his auto rickshaw tempo for being delivered to Zakir who runs a beef shop at Kankanady market when a gang which arrived in a car and two-wheeler followed the tempo and blocked it near Falnir. The gang reportedly attacked the tempo driver Rashid, and damaged the tempo. The gang members are said to have poured kerosene on the beef stock inside the tempo. By then, a large number of people had begun to gather. As such, the gang members ran away, it is said.
Kadri police, who have registered the case, are investigating further.