Daijiworld Media Network - Bantwal (SP)
Bantwal, Sep 3: Relating to the incident in which a person was hacked to death and two of his friends were injured by a gang on Sunday, the Vittal police arrested an auto rickshaw driver. He was arrested on Wednesday September 2 and produced in the court.
Asif-deceased person
The arrested auto rickshaw driver has been identified as Iqbal alias Ikku (24) from Poyyagadde in Kanyana. The gang, allegedly identified as 'Nappate Rafiq Gang' from Paivalike in Kerala, after murdering Asif with a Sabre and seriously injuring Hakim and Riaz, had escaped in the auto rickshaw operated by Iqbal, as the car in which they had arrived got stranded at the spot of the crime after its front tyre went flat.
The policemen have arrested Iqbal on the allegation of helping the murder-accused to escape. It is said that the driver was threatened by the accused, who were brandishing sharp weapons, to take them away to a far away spot.
The police personnel said that they had earlier arrested Iqbal relating to a case in which he had been accused of abducting a minor girl and raping her. He had secured bail thereafter, it is gathered.