Mangalore, Udupi Shootouts: City police arrest seven including four aids of underworld don

August 25, 2011

Mangalore, August 25: Seven people, including four associates of underworld don Bannanje Raja were arrested by the city police in connection with Kadri and Udupi shootouts.

Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh gave the names of the accused as Devudas Shetty (44) of Kottara Chowki, Neeraj Shrivastav (25) alias Manish Kumar alias Rahul of Gorakhpur of Uttar Pradesh, Ali Hussain (22) of Gorakhpur and Vinod Kulal (29) of Jalligudde.

Acting on a credible information a Police team led by Inspector Vinay Gaunkar raided a secret dwelling in Kottara Chouki here on Thursday at 11: 00 am and arrested the above four persons. A pistol, one revolver, six cartridges, a car and mobile phones worth Rs 4.5 lakhs have been confiscated from the accused. They are said to be involved in both the shootouts.

Three others of the gang namely Amith Chaurasia (27) of Chapra, Bihar, Rehaj Khan (41) and an associate of Bannanje Raja, Puttaswamy (44) of Mysore were also arrested in a separate operation.

They had reportedly arrived in Mangalore to sell a pistol. One pistol with five rounds and an Indica car were seized from their possession.

The accused are facing attempts to murder charges. On the eve of May 26, 2011 two of the associates of the Bannanje Raja had allegedly attempted to murder Suresh Bhandari, proprietor of Prithvi developers near Kadri here. On August 19, armed men had attacked Irodi Jewellers in Udupi, firing three rounds at the cashier and security guard.

Mr Singh revealed that Uttar Pradesh Special Task force, State Intelligence and Mangalore police were jointly involved in the operation.

He also said that the confiscated weapons were country made and originated from Sivan in Bihar.

Police were pursuing Javed alias Vijay who is said to be involved in the extortion racket. Police also has information about the motorbikes used in the two attempts and the locals involved in the racket.


'No Drug Mafia'

Responding to a question Mr Singh denied the presence of any 'drug mafia' in Mangalore.

However he said that the police have arrested some peddlers and gathered information about a few students involving in illegal activities. “We are making a college-wise list and will approach the racket in a different way,” he said.

Double murder case

Speaking about the double murder case of Panjimogeru, he said the case was very sensitive and police were making considerable progress in the case.

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June 13,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jun 13: Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham said that movement of heavy vehicles has been banned from Tanikodi to S K Border on NH 169 (Mangaluru to Solapur) from June 15 to August 15.

In an official statement issued here on Friday evening, he said that due to heavy rain lashing in the District the minor bridges on the stretch at Umbalagere, Goravanahalli and Gulaganji are in a dilapidated condition. As a precautionary measure, the movement of heavy vehicles has been banned.

As an alternative, all the vehicles (below 15 tonnes) from Chikmagalur can travel via Baliho Nur-Magundi-Kalasa-Kudremukh-SK Border. The vehicles from NR Pura (below 15 tonnes) should travel via Koppa-Hariharapura-Bidaragodu-Agumbe.

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Special Investigating Team (SIT), headed by Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Sandeep Patil, subjected former underworld don turned social activist Muthappa Rai in connection with gangster and underworld don Ravi Poojary's criminal cases.

Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) said that the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Venugopal and police inspector Bulletin have questioned Rai in his house for more than two hours about Ravi Poojary case.

Muthappa Rai was allegedly one of the accused in builder Subbaraju murder case. They both were allegedly close in the initial days and they were like a team, said a senior officer. So Rai was questioned about their connection. Rai, who reformed himself many years ago, is into business and social service at present.

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January 5,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 5: Against the backdrop of Mangalore violence of December 19, Additional Director General of Police of Karnataka Amar Kumar Pandey visited the city and held a meeting with senior police officers.

According to senior police officials here on Sunday, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi District Muslim Central Committee had planned to hold a protest against CAA at Nehru Maidan while the SKSSF had called for anti-CAA protest at State Bank area.

Though both the protests had been called off, there was an apprehension of a repeat incident of December 19 violence and hence the ADGP visited the city at the behest of state government and monitored the situation here for the entire day on Saturday.

The ADGP was unhappy that despite initial inputs and the imposition of Section 144 in the city, the situation on that day escalated to a level where police had to resort to firing only in this city.

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