2 Bannanja Raja aides arrested in Hebri for killing Ankola BJP leader RN Naik

2 Bannanja Raja aides arrested in Hebri for killing Ankola BJP leader RN Naik

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Jan 12, 2014: Western Range IGP Pratap Reddy has informed that two persons have been arrested in Hebri of Udupi district in connection with the murder of BJP leader and entrepreneur R.N.Naik  at Ankola  recently. The IGP said both the arrested are aides of underworld don Bannanje Raja.

The arrests were made on January 11, Saturday night and the accused have been identified as  Ambaji Bundagar of Bijapur and Ganesh of Edu village in Karkala. Interrogations of the accused is underway, the IGP  said adding it has been gathered that the two had  secured a supari for Rs 2 lakhs to kill Naik. The IGP also said there is a suspicion that   two  convicts  namely Hachangi Mahesh  and Santosh who are undergoing imprisonment in the Mysore jail might have conspired to eliminate Naik.

Reddy further said  after Naik’s killing Raja had telephoned media and claimed responsibility for the murder.

RN Naik was shot at by four assailants near the Ankola bus stand on December 21. He had died on way to hospital.

One of Naik’s gunman too had died in an exchange of fire with the assailants.  Locals had trapped one of the assailants soon after the crime.

RN Naik was also the  chairman of Dwaraka Co-operative Society.