Mangalore: Naushad Murder - Police Nab Six Accomplices of Ravi Poojary
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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (TU)
Mangalore, Apr 24: The Dakshina Kannada district special squad has arrested six persons who were identified as accomplices of underworld kingpin Ravi Poojary, in connection with murder case of advocate Noushad Kashimji. They also recovered the weapons, vehicle and cash from the accused.
The arrested have been identified as Dinesh from Nayataru Village in Beltangady taluk, Rithesh and Ganesh, residents of Kodikal in the city, Pratap from Kavoor, Subrahmanya from Kadri and Shiva Prakash, a resident of Urwa Store. Police said that Dinesh, Rihesh and Pratap were directly involved in the murder while three others assisted them in carrying out the task given by Ravi Poojary.
According to the police, three of the accused have been history cheeters and have been facing several cases in the city. Rithesh has been booked in a murder case at Kodikal and in a few other cases under Urwa police station limits. Pratap is also involved nn the same murder case, while, Ganesh was accused in another murder case under the same police station limits The Police squad also seized three 9mm pistols, 08 rounds of ammunition, Rs 3.5 lac in cash, Maruthi 800 car, three mobile phones and one gold chain. Sources said that investigation is also being initiated to verify the criminal antecedents of the other accused.
Addressing media persons here on Friday April 24, Gopal B Hosur, deputy inspector general of police, Western Range explained that teams were sent to Mumbai, UP, Bangalore, Goa and other places after collecting information from forensic and ballistic examination of Naushad's body, accounts of eyewitnesses and other technical data. The team nabbed Dinesh in Beltangady after obtaining evidence on his involvement in the case. Rithesh and Pratap were arrested at Kodikal in the wee hours on April 24. The three others were also nabbed from city for assisting the assailants.
"On the evening of April 9 Dinesh called advocate Naushad on phone from a PCO booth on the pretext of the case pertaining to underworld element Rashid Malabari. Noushad came out of his house to meet Dinesh. At that time Ritesh and Pratap who were waiting near the flat attacked him with firearm and when it failed after firing two rounds they used magazine end of the pistol to cause grievous injuries to him on the head," Hosur said.
The six accused and the seized property would be produced in the court on April 24. Efforts are on to nab the main accused and Ravi Poojary with the help of state CoD, state intelligence and the central agencies, he said. He added the motive behind the murder has been proved to some extent. The case has been just detected and investigation is on.
Legal Action against Allegation
Hosur said that the allegation from certain quarters regarding the involvement of police officers in the murder of Naushad was done with malafide intention to demoralize and mislead the investigation. The department would take legal action against them.
Rs 50,000 Rewards
Hosur announced a reward of Rs 50,000 to the teams and informants for unearthing the murder case. About 30 police officials and 150 personnel had been deployed in this connection. The teams led by Udupi DySP Jayanth Shetty, DySP Dharmaiah, DySP Harischandra, N R Mukri, Venkatesh Prasanna, Srinivas Raju, CPI Ganesh Hegde worked under the guidance of DIGP Western Range.
Special Squad
Hosur announced that they would constitute a strong force of over a hundred young and skilled police men to tackle the underworld activity. Special arms and ammunition and equipments are being procured for this purpose.
The department would call meeting of the personnel of PCO, Cyber Café, coin booths, STD booths since many of the underworld elements use these mediums for communication.
He also said that many of the advocates and agents in city are involved in receiving black money which has come to light during the investigation.
Superintendent of police Subramanyeshwara Rao also present at the Press meet.
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