Udupi, Apr 24: Four persons were arrested by policemen belonging to the District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB). The persons were clandestinely lurking near Manippady Cross to execute a plan of robbery on Wednesday April 23. They are said to be accomplices of known thug, Santosh Poojary.
The arrested men have been identified as Mani alias Manikanta Poojary (29), a resident of Karamballi Janata Colony in the town, Vishwanath (27) from Pitrody Udyavar, Haroon Rashid (30) from Shirva Topanangadi Bhootabettu, and Ashok G Poojary (29), a resident of Bolaragudde in Udyavar near Udupi. Reportedly, another associate of this gang, Usman, has escaped. A sickle, a sword, a knife and a packet of chilli powder were recovered from their possession.
DCIB police inspector, Praveen Nayak was the leader of the operation conducted to nab the persons. It was taken further by the guidance of additional superintendent of police, Santosh Kumar and deputy superintendent of police, Prabhudev Mane, under directions of district superintendent of police, Dr Boralingaiah.
It is said that the persons arrested now are accomplices of Santosh Poojary, a known rowdy, who is presently lodged in Hindalga Jail in Belgaum. They added that the gang members, all of whom have criminal background, collected information about businessmen and industrialists from around Shirva area, and planned to rob them.
