Division Number 5 police have busted a gang of four persons, including two women, which used identify soft targets and rob them of cash and valuables. The gang members would threaten their victims with implication in a fake sexual harassment case if they resisted. The accused have been booked under sections 379B (snatching) and 34 (act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC.
Mangaluru City police has strengthened the anti-communal wing in an attempt to prevent incidents of moral policing. The wing is functioning under sub-divisional ACPs and will closely monitor suspects involved in such cases.
The Dakshina Kannada district police have arrested five more persons in connection with the blast at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Kukkedi village of Belthangady taluk. Three persons died in the incident.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrests PFI ‘master trainer’ Jafar Bheemantavida from his house in Kannur in a conspiracy case against the now banned Popular Front of India (PFI).