Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK/DV)
Mangaluru, Apr 17: Police on Saturday April 17 arrested one more person in connection with 28 cases of dacoity, theft, cattle theft, and extortion registered in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Kodagu districts and in Bengaluru city. The number of arrests in the cases have reached 16 now.
The arrested accused is a former member of Kedambady gram panchayat of Puttur, Abdul Basheer (40), a resident of Gatti House, Kedambady village, Puttur.
The accused had provided financial help to the other arrested accused in the dacoity case. It is gathered that he had also conspired a dacoity incident reported under Uppinangady police station limits.
Basheer had contested for the 2018 assembly elections as contested an independent candidate from the Puttur assembly constituency and lost the elections. It is also said in the guise of social service, he helped the accused in many anti-social activities.
He had supported the accused by providing shelter, vehicles and taking share from cash gathered through dacoity and thefts, said police.
The accused has been produced to court and sent to the judicial custody.