3 held for attempt to murder

Mangaluru, Dec 12: Mangaluru city police on Friday arrested three peple in connection with an attempt to murder case reported in Mangaluru South police station limits.

City police chief M Chandra Sekhar named the accused as Ahmad Shinan, 22, residing near Nadupalli Mosque, Sheikh Shahbaz, 22, from Kudroli, and Anish Ashraf, 19, also from Kudroli. The trio had made a futile bid to kill Mohammad Ijaz, 26, a resident of Nellikai Road in the city, on December 2.

The accused, who waited for Mohammad Ijaz to return to his flat, attacked him from behind with sharp weapons as he was alighting from the scooter that he drove in front of his flat.

As Ijaz ran to save his life, the trio chased him and attacked him with talwar causing injuries on his head and also stabbed him on the back with knives and fled the scene, leaving a grievously injured Ijaz in a pool of blood.

Based on a tip off, personnel of Mangaluru South police staion, where a case of attempt to murder was registered, nabbed the accused near Surathkal junction as they were coming back to the city after being on the run since the incident.

Police also seized a scooter, talwar and knives used by the accused. Chandra Sekhar said the accused had fled to Goa after committing the offence and were returning to the city when they were intercepted and taken into custody.

Noting that the incident had taken place on account of personal enmity between the victim and the accused, Chandra Sekhar said that police investigation is now focussing on other people behind the incident, those who sheltered the accused and provided them with logistical and other kinds of support when they were on the run.

City police chief lauded the steps taken by K U Belliappa, PI, South PS, Ananth Murdeshwar, PSI and station staff in arresting the accused.