Bangalore, November 1: Three persons, including a broadcasting engineer of a Kannada news channel, were arrested in connection with the attack on noted industrialist P Dayanand Pai here, a top police official said today.
A 9 mm pistol and 30 rounds were recovered from one of the accused, City Police Commissioner Jyotiprakash Mirji told reporters here today.
Pai, noted industrialist and member, board of management, B.M.S Institute of Technology and syndicate member of Mangalore and Manipal Universities, was shot at, allegedly by a local gangster, over a property row on October 16.
Pai was being chauffeured towards the college from his office when the motorcycle-borne assailants rode up to his car and fired two rounds from both sides. The 65-year-old was not injured as his vehicle was bulletproof.
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Attack on Dayananda Pai; two more suspects held
Bangalore, November 1: The city police have arrested two more suspects involved in attack on real estate magnate Dayanand Pai in Basavanagudi on October 16.
They are Subhash Shikari, who allegedly opened fire at Mr. Pai's car, and Santosh, a technician in a regional news channel who was regularly in touch with the attackers.
According to police, Subhash along with his associate Vignesh, followed Mr. Pai on two motorcycles from his house in Sahakarnagar and shot at the car near the National College flyover.
A police team which verified the CCTV footage and the call details zeroed in on Vignesh. Interrogation led the police to pick up Subhash and Santosh who reportedly confessed to have executed the attack at the behest of gangster Hebbet Manja as a warning to Mr. Pai over a land dispute.
Both men have been taken into custody for further investigations. “We are trying to get details about the whole operation including the source of money and arms,” a police officer said.
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