Mangaluru: Three youngsters held for murder attempt on engg student

Mangaluru, Jul 9: The city crime branch of Mangaluru city police has arrested three accused in connection with the recent murder attempt on Mohammed Sajid, a student of a city based engineering college.

The arrested have been identified as Nitin Poojary (21), son of Nitish Poojary, a resident of Farangipete; Pranesh Poojary (20), son of Madhava Poojary, a resident of Adyar Katte; and Kishan Poojary (21), son of Sudhir Poojary, a resident of Padil, Manglauru. Nitin and Pranesh are electricians by profession while Kishan is a carpenter.

Sajid, a native of Malappuram, is a third year student of civil engineering in a city based private college. He was residing at the rented house of one Naushad at Bithupaade village near Adyar.

The incident took place on at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, when Naushad and Sajid were returning home on a motorbike after having tea in Adyar.

The three miscreants, who had parked their scooter on the roadside and posed as innocent travelers, signaled the duo to stop their motorbike.

The miscreants claimed that the fuel in their scooter had been exhausted and requested bikers to give a bit petrol. When the two agreed to help them and alighted from the motorbike, the miscreants tried to attack Nausad with lethal weapons. However, Naushad managed to escape. The miscreants then attacked Saijd. He sustained hand and back injuries.

The CCB has also recovered the two-wheeler used for the crime by the accused and handed it over to the Mangaluru Rural Police Station.

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