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Mangalore, Feb 13: Further to details published in these columns with regard to the damage done to a restaurant at Attavar here on Monday February 12 night, fresh reports claimed that the said restaurant was owned by one of the accused in the sensational Sukhanand Shetty murder.
"Hotel South India" at Attavar was owned by Azeez. He is one of the main accused in the Sukhanand Shetty murder. The police have established that he had helped the murderers financially. The police have arrested him and currently he is in judicial custody. His brother Mushtaq was looking after the day-to-day affairs of the restaurant.
On Monday some masked men entered the restaurant and ransacked it. While tables, utensils were damaged, windows were smashed. Mushtaq who was sitting at the cash point was assaulted by the mob.
A few customers who were having their dinner in the same restaurant said that some of the culprits had entered the restaurant as customers a little while ago. Though exact details about the culprits are not known, it is suspected that the mob was avenging the murder of Sukhanand Shetty. The total loss has been estimated at Rs 1 lac as of now.
Police are yet to track down the culprits. So far there has been no major breakthrough achieved.
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