Mohan Kuthar
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Aug 29: Five persons have been arrested by a special police team for plotting the murder of two youths.

The arrested are Tasleem (24) of Madani Nagar, Naushad (32) of Amblamogaru, Rameez (20), Khurshid (20) and Nawaz (24).

On July 18, the accused had allegedly attacked a person named Gangadhar at Kuthar, with a soda bottle and tried to kill him. Fortunately, Gangadhar was able to escape from his assailants.

It is learnt that the accused had plotted to murder two youths of the other community as revenge for the murder of Pilar resident Safwan in April this year. They had zeroed-in on two persons of Kuthar and Amblamogaru as their targets. But timely action by the police thwarted their plans.

The police were investigating the July 8 attack on Chiranjeevi and Rammohan near Ranipura, when they stumbled upon the plot sketched by the accused.

The arrest operation was conducted with the help of Ullal police.

The accused are in the custody of Ullal police for further investigation.