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Abducted Chokkabettu youth Safwan murdered ?


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Nov 27, 2017: Police have reportedly arrested two persons in connection with the case of missing of Safwan (24)  of Chokkabettu in Katipalla near Suratkal.  The suspicion now is that Safwan might have been killed by a gang which had abducted him.

 

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The suspects who have been arrested are  Sahil and Bombay Faizal. Source say Safwan  might have been  murdered  on the very day of his kidnap and  then the body dumped in Agumbe Ghat.  Safwan was abducted by five  men who came by a vehicle on the evening of October 5. A few locals had witnessed this abduction had informed his father Abdul Hameed who subsequently had lodged a police complaint.

Protests had also been held demanding steps to trace him even as police were clueless regarding his whereabouts. Police have identified the suspects as Safwan Hussain, Shahil from Suratkal, Samshuddin from Mukka, , Faizal alias Toppi Faizal, and Sufian from Ballari.