Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (JD)
Udupi, Nov 8: In connection with the abetment to suicide case of Pradeep Poojary, registered at the Udupi town police station, the police have arrested two more accused, taking the total number of arrests to four.
The arrested have been identified as Dinesh Shetty and Adarsh Kanchan. Earlier, the police had arrested Pawan Kumar, a labourer from Madhya Pradesh, and a minor boy.
Under the guidance of Udupi sub-division deputy superintendent of police (DySP) K U Belliyappa and the leadership of Manipal police inspector Mahesh Prasad, a special team of the Brahmavar circle police was constituted to trace the accused.
Acting on the leads, the police team travelled to Madhya Pradesh on November 3 and apprehended Pawan Kumar (24), a resident of Kushinagar district, Uttar Pradesh, along with a juvenile in conflict with the law near the Bhopal railway station.
Pawan Kumar was produced before the court on November 5 and remanded to judicial custody. The juvenile has been placed in an observation home for safety reasons.
Meanwhile, the remaining accused, Adarsh Kanchan, a resident of Varanga village in Hebri taluk, and Dinesh Shetty, also a resident of Varanga village in Karkala taluk, were apprehended in Karkala on the night of November 7.
The arrests were made by Muktabai, in-charge sub-inspector of Hiriyadka police station, along with her staff. The two accused were subsequently produced before Udupi town police inspector Mahesh Prasad, the investigating officer in the case.
Further investigation is underway.