Mangaluru: Cops nab 6 near beach, thwart murder and robbery plots

Mangaluru, Feb 19: The city crime branch of Mangaluru city police is claimed to have thwarted a murder and robbery plot by arresting six men after intercepting two vehicles near Tannirbhavi beach on the outskirts of the city on Sunday.

The arrested have been identified as Safwan Hussain (33), Mohammed Faisal Ibrahim Sheik (33) and Shamshuddin (27), all residents of Surathkal, Abdul Naseer alias Don Naseer (34) from Yemmekere, Umar Farooq alias Mana Farooq (25) and Mohammed Ansar (30), both from Ullal.

K M Shantharaju, deputy commissioner of police, told media persons here on Sunday that acting on a credible information the sleuths of CCB intercepted the Swift car and an auto-rickshaw on Tannirbhavi beach road and nabbed the six suspects.

He said that the arrested had plotted to kill a person for ‘supari’ and rob the houses of a few effluent persons in the city. Two pistols, seven live bullets, two knives and three mobile phones were sized from the miscreants along with the car and the auto-rickshaw in the operation, he said.

The accused and the materials seized from them have been handed over to the Panambur police for further investigation, the DCP said, adding that the arrested were wanted in many other criminal cases too.

Among the arrested, Safwan Hussain is already facing 23 charges including murder, attempt-to-murder, abduction, theft and assault on police. He had been arrested, booked under Goonda Act and jailed in the past, bunt managed to obtain bail two months ago.

Abdul Naseer, Mohammed Faisal and Umar Farooq are facing nine, eight and three criminal cases respectively in various police stations, while Mohammed Ansar was about to enter the crime world, the police said.