Pics: Spoorthi Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, May 28: In a joint operation, sleuths of city crime branch and Moodbidri police have arrested 11 persons for dacoity, kidnap, plotting to kidnap and attempt to murder.
According to the police, in the first week of May, Rehman Sheikh from Mumbai had given gold to Waqar Younis to be handed over to Hyder Ali of Bengaluru. While, Waqar was taking gold to Bengaluru, his friend of Mahaz, a resident of Belvai, had asked Waqar to come to Belvai. Mahaz and Aadil of Uppala and two others, after meeting Waqar at Pacche Mogaru in Moodbidri, kidnapped Waqar and took him to Uppala in Kerala and looted 440-gram gold given by Rehman. Later, they abandoned Waqar in Uppala. When Rehman and Hyder inquired about the gold given to him, Waqar informed that the gold was looted by Mahaz and others. Rehman and Hyder demanded Waqar to return the gold.
After Waqar received threat calls over phone and at his residence by from Pattodi Salam, he filed a case at Moodbidri police station on May 21.
In this connection, police arrested Mohammed Mahaz (20), a resident of Kariyangadi, Belvai, Moodbidri and Mohammed Aadil (25), a resident of Munigunda, Uppala, Kasargod. The police have recovered 300-gram gold worth Rs 13,86,600 from a jewellery shop.
Rehman had given a contract for Rs 5 lac to rowdy sheeter Pattodi Salam to recover the gold from Waqar and Mahaz and if they failed to return the gold, to kill them, after kidnapping them. Acting on a tip, when Pattodi Salam, along with his brother and Rehman’s brother Abdul Sheik, Hyder Ali from Bengaluru and seven others were conspiring to executive the crime with lethal weapons given by Pattodi Salam in two cars near the Mahaz’s residence, police arrested them.
The police have recovered a Maruti Swift car, Innova car, lethal weapons and 10 mobile phones.
The other arrested are Abdul Salam alias Pattodi Salam (34) from Jokatte, Mohammed Sharukh (26) from Jokatte, Thokur; Syed Hyder Ali (29) from JHBCS layout, JP Nagar Bengaluru; Asif Ali (28) from Yellechenhalli, JP Nagar, Bengaluru; Abdul Sheik (22) from Bunder, Mangaluru; Shabbas Hussain (49) from Kambekar street, Mumbai; Mushahid Ansari (38) from Bivandi, Thane, Mumbai; Sheik Sajid Hussain (49) from Kambekar street, Mumbai; and Mustaq Kureshi (42) from Mohammed Ali Road, Kambekar street, Mumbai.
Abdul Salam alias Pattodi Salam has 10 cases booked at various police stations of Mangaluru city including attempt to murder, threatening, assault and rioting. He is a history sheeter under Panambur police station limits.
The operation to nab the accused was undertaken under the direction of police commissioner N Shashi Kumar, DCPs Hariramshankar and Vinay Gaonkar, Mangaluru North ACP S Mahesh Kumar, CCB Inspector Mahesh Prasad, PSI Rajendra B and Moodbidri police station PSI Sudeep and other staff.