Daijiworld News Network - Mangalore (GA)

Mangalore, Dec 13: The police investigating the Sukhanand Shetty murder case achieved a major breakthrough with the arrest of 7 persons in a hotel at Sakleshpur near Hassan here on Tuesday December 12.  The sources said that out of the 7, three persons were directly involved in the murder.

The police raided a lodge on Azad Road in Maheshwari Layout at Sakleshpur based on a tip-off that three persons from Suratkal were hiding there.  The raid was conducted early in the morning and police arrested another 4 persons who were in the same room.  But some sources said that these 4 have not been involved in the murder.

All of the arrested were working in hotels and other places in Sakleshpur.  One of the arrested has a wound on his hand.  Police suggested that he might have directly been involved with the murder.  He had joined a nearby hotel only a few days ago for work.

Earlier News:

• Mangalore: Sukhanand Shetty Murder - Three Persons Taken to Custody
• Mangalore: Mulki Limps Back to Normalcy - Day Curfew Lifted
• Mangalore: Mulki Firing Incident - DC Orders Probe
• Mangalore: ‘Pratishtha Poornima’ Feast at Mulki Held amidst Tight Security
• Mangalore: BJP Seeks Probe into Shetty Killing
• Mangalore: Violence Breaks out in Mulki - Two Reported Killed in Police Firing
• Mangalore: BJP Leader Sukhanand Shetty Hacked to Death 

Related Links:

October 2006: Mangalore Bundh and Violence - Complete Coverage with Photo Albums 

Day 8:

• Mangalore: Oct 12 - Law and Order Situation - Day 8

Day 7:

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Day 6:

• Mangalore Oct 10: Updates with Pictures

Day 5:

Day 3:

• Mangalore: Violence in Mangalore – Day 3 – Status Report 

Day 2:

• Mangalore: City Gripped with Fear – Tension Prevails  
• Mangalore Bundh - Photo Album

Day 1:

• Mangalore: Police Resort to Cane charge at Adyar and B C Road – Two Arrested
• Mangalore: Tension Grips City following Violent Incidents, Bundh Announced
• Mangalore - Oct 5: Violent Incidents in City - Images
• Mangalore Bundh - Earlier Updates 

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Daijiworld Special Stories on Bundh and Curfew:

• Mangalore: Business Community Begs to Differ, Puts Loss at Rs 200 Crore
• Bundh – the Common Man's Scourge- by Abrar Khan
• The Five Days that Changed Mangalore- by Anisa Fathima
• Mangalore: After the Curfew is Lifted, Citizens have a Lot of Homework to Do..- by Richie Lasrado 
• Mangalore Bundh and Common Lives - as an Eyewitness - by Walter Nandalike