Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (MM/RD)
Bantwal, Feb 25: District Crime Investigation Bureau (DCIB) and Bantwal police have been successful in arresting three persons in connection with the murder of Iqbal, an auto rickshaw driver and resident of Bantwal Kelaginapete, on Monday February 25.
The arrested persons are auto rickshaw drivers Nagesh and Nitin hailing from Benjanapadav and Sharan Pumpwell, co-convener of Dakshina Kannada district Bajrang Dal.
Sources informed that Nagesh played a key role in masterminding the murder of Iqbal.
Iqbal was hacked to death in a rubber farm at Pacchinadka by the accused who hired his auto rickshaw to go to a remote place near Pacchinadka few days ago. Nitin is said to have helped the killers by dropping them from Pachinadka to Pumpwell, Mangalore in his auto rickshaw.
Dharmaiah Poojary, an eyewitness of the crime informed the police that he saw Nagesh and the other accused hacking Iqbal with a machete and fleeing from the spot when he raised the alarm.
Earlier news:
Bantwal: No Breakthrough in Iqbal Murder Case Yet
Bantwal: Autorickshaw Driver Hacked to Death at Pachinadka