Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, May 31: Nine people were arrested regarding the incident where police personnel were abused. The incident had taken place on May 27 when a gang of youths were on their way to take part in an event organised by the SDPI.
The video of the youths abusing cops had gone viral on the social media. In this regard, a complaint was filed at Kankanady police station on May 28.
Two persons who were on a two wheeler abusing cops were arrested from Bengaluru and Mysuru. They are identified as Naushad (28) who works in a bakery in Bengaluru and Hyder Ali (27) who works in a juice centre in Mysuru. Both are residents of Inoli.
Four others arrested are the ones who supported the accused. They are Mohammed Sayyed Afrid (23) from Pandeshwar, Basheer (40) from Konaje, Zubair (32) from Inoli and Jaleel (25) from Puttur. All were arrested from Mysuru.
Police commissioner N Shashi Kumar said, “There are 9 more people who are directly involved in the incident. They will be arrested soon.
“When the police personnel went to arrest the accused, they were in a room along with five others under Madivala police station limits. The accused tried to shove the cops and escape. In this regard, a separate case filed at Madivala police station. Three were arrested at Madivala by Madivala police who are Mohammed Yasin (25) from Vittal, Afrid Saag (19) and Mohammed Tufail (19) both from Shivbagh.
“During the interrogation, it was found that the accused wanted to become popular and were inspired by a youth in Kerala who was popular overnight. The accused wanted to gather attention during the programme and record their slogans. They instructed others to share the videos.
“The accused planned to collect money and escape to Kerala or interior in Mysuru until they get anticipatory bail,” informed the police commissioner.