Mangaluru, September 7: In connection to the recent murder of an auto driver which took place at Natekal, the Ullal police have arrested seven young men.
The arrested people are namely Fazila(28), her brother Fazil (25), resident of Ullal town, and Luqman, Irfan, Khurshid, Jamsheer and Tanvez, all residents of Madani Nagar.
Prime accused Nisar and Naufal, both residents of Madani Nagar, are absconding and police have launched a search to nab them.
On the morning of August 29th auto driver Hidayath was found murdered in his auto rickshaw at Natekal. Initially, it was suspected that he might have been murdered by hitting a heavy boulder on his head on the night of August 28th. Under suspicion, two days later his first wife Fazila was arrested.
It is learnt that, Hidayath had married thrice. He had divorced his wife Fazila and she had married for a second time. It is said that Hidayath would visit Fazila’s house and on the pretext of giving chocolates to her child, would trouble her. Her family had warned Hidayath several times against visiting her. It is said, on the day of the murder Fazila’s brother Fazil and relative Nisar had taken Hidayath to a remote area and assaulted him with the intention of warning him, but a critically injured Hidayath breathed his last.
Hidayath was an auto driver by profession.
Hidayath used to operate his auto in Thokkottu area. On August 28th night, accused Tanvez hired his auto to go to Natekal. Hidayath was taken to a deserted area at Kukkudakatte where a group of eight people led by Nisar and Fazil attacked him with sticks and stones and later fled from the spot.
Under the directions of police commissioner R Murugan, DCP Shantaraj and DCP Sanjeev Patil, ACP Kalyan Shetty; led by Ullal inspector Savitra Tej, SI Bharati and other police personnel’s participated in this arrest operation.
