Mangaluru: Three youngsters held for demanding hafta

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July 18, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 18: Three associates of a notorious criminal have been arrested by the sleuths of City Crime Branch (CCB) in Mangaluru on charges of executing his demand for protection money (hafta) from a local resident.

53259802The arrested are Preetham (22) from Aakash Bhavan, Rithesh (19) from Malady Road, and Vishal Kumar (22) from Kunjathbail, Kavoor.

Mangaluru city police acted on a complaint lodged by the resident with Barke police station, and city police chief M Chandra Sekhar handed over the case to CCB police inspector Sunil Y Naik.

Among them Preetham is also wanted in a case of illegally entering a hotel in Mangaluru East police station limits and damaging its property.

The three were alleged associates of Gaurish, an accused in a murder case and presently in judicial custody. Gaurish had alleged y called the complainant on July 11 and demanded 'hafta' of Rs 25,000.

He also got his associates to call the complainant and reiterated the demand and also sent out a warning that he would be murdered if the demand was not met. The CCB team, which followed up the leads, arrested the trio.

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Monday, 18 Jul 2016

Encounter all the three n close the chapter. No one should come to ask such things.

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