Looting, dacoity cases : Six more accused arrested

Looting, dacoity cases : Six more accused arrested

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, April 15, 2021:        Police have arrested six more persons in connection with  cases of theft and dacoity reported from Bajpe, Mulki and Moodbidri Police Station limits.  Already nine others have been arrested and with the latest arrests, the total number of people arrested in the case has risen to 15.

 

 

 

 

 

Informing this to reporters here on April 15, Thursday, City Police Commissioner N Shashi Kumar said the prime accused in the case and several other accused are yet to be arrested.

Those arrested are Rakesh, Arjun, Mohan, Mohammad Zubair, Ibrahim Latif and Boliyar Mansoor. Police have seized car, ,mobile phones, air gun, gold and silver  all worth Rs 41.82 lakhs from the arrested.

They have been produced before the court and  taken into police custody, the Commissioner said.

The accused were wanted in seven cases in Mangaluru, eight cases in the district, two in Hassan, three cases in Chikkamagaluru, two cases in Udupi, five in Kodagu and one case in Bengaluru.

The Commissioner said the accused had earlier made a vain bid to loot the Axis Bank at Arehole in Hassan.

The Commissioner said the pistol which the  accused had stolen  from a house at  Arehole   was used in a murder attempt case at Falnir. The accused Mansoor had sold the pistol to Sameer who was  arrested in the murder attempt case, the Commissioner said.

DCPs Hariram Shanker, Vinay Gaonkar, ACP Ranjith Bandaru were present at the press meet.