Mangalore: Police Arrest Five for Conspiring to Murder, Rob
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RD/CN)
Mangalore, Sep 10: Local police on Thursday September 10 arrested five persons for plotting to rob and murder the owner of an apartment located in a prestigious residential complex in the city.
The Dakshina Kannada special crime squad raided a Tata Indica car near Barebail here on Thursday and arrested five persons accused of plotting to murder Ganesh Shetty residing at Landmark Apartments, Kadri Hills. The operation was carried out after the special crime police obtained concrete information about the conspiracy.
The arrested have been identified as Pradeep Kumar (22), son of Narayan Shettigar, Kanakapura, Bangalore, Rajendra (23), son of Ramdas, Tokkottu, Babu Yane Heera Babu (23), son of Dakshinamurti, Kodical, Udaya M (22), son of Bhaskar Poojary, Mannagudda, and Bharat Kumar (23), a resident of Haleyangady.
The police also seized the car, a motorcycle, five mobile phones, one sickle, one sword, two hockey sticks, one logwood, and a quarter kilogramme of chili powder from the accused.
Dakshina Kannada special crime squad deputy superintendent Prakash K, head constable Anand, constables Rama Poojary, Chandrashekar, Sheenappa, Girish Bengre, Sunil Kumar, Rajendra Prasad, Saju K Nair, David D’Souza, Mohammed Iqbal, Shiva Naika, Dhananjay, and Poornima, were involved in this operation.