Mangaluru, Jan 10, 2024: Notorious rowdy sheeter Rohidas K alias Akashbhavan Sharan who had recently tried to mow down the CCB cops with his car, has been arrested by the police after firing a gun shot at his leg.
Police who gathered a tip off that he was at Jeppu Kudpady rushed to the spot. However Sharan tried to attack a cop with a knife. The police personnel immediately fired at his leg and arrested him. Head constable Prakash has been injured in the incident, informed City Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal.
Sharan who is an accused in as many as 25 cases including murder, murder attempt, rape and looting, was convicted in the case of murder of Ramakrishna, the administrative officer of KVG Polytechnic College. Despite a warrant he was absconding. On January 2 he had thwarted an attempt by the police to arrest him by ramming his vehicle at the car of the vehicle. However, the police managed to arrest him on Tuesday.