Daijiworld News Network- Mangalore (AF) 

                                           
Mangalore, May 23: The police have sought information regarding the notorious criminal Rakesh Malli and his associates who have been accused of kidnapping an insurance agent.

On the night of Tuesday May 16, there was an incident of kidnapping of an insurance verification agent, Yogananda, by the notorious underworld criminal Rakesh Malli and his seven associates owing to some personal dispute. The accused had come in a maroon Scorpio vehicle and kidnapped the victim from in front of the Infosys building in Urva here. Based on a frantic call given by a friend of the victim, the police swung into action and managed to intercept the said vehicle near the Infosys building. Though Rakesh Malli and five of his associates managed to escape, the police rescued the victim and arrested two of the accused persons, Santosh Gambhir and Randeep Kanchan, red-handed and seized a DBBL gun with 07 live cartridges.

In this regard, a case of kidnapping was taken up in city Urva Police Station against Rakesh Malli and the other seven accused. In the subsequent operation launched, the investigating officer of the case M N Rao with the assistance of the Anti Rowdy Squad on Wednesday May 17 arrested Ajay Kumar Singh, one of the body guards of Rakesh Malli who had participated in the offence.

Efforts to nab the main culprit Rakesh Malli continued. In the meanwhile, on Monday May 22, the II JMFC Court of the city issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Rakesh Malli who has been absconding till date.

Any person having any information about the whereabouts of the accused is requested to pass on the information to any of the below mentioned officers:
B Dayananda SPDK 0824 2220503 (O), 2220504 (R), 9448130100 (Mobile)
Vinay Gaonkar PI Anti Rowdy Squad 0824 2220516 (PS), 2220517 (R), 9448130876 (Mobile)
M N Rao PSI Urva PS 0824 2220521 (PS), 2443835 (R), 9448869051

The name and address of the informants will be kept confidential.