Udupi : 5 aides of underworld don Bannanje Raja arrested

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Sep 27, 2013 : Udupi police have arrested five persons said to be aides of notorious underworld don Bannanje Raja near the Ashirvad Theatre, Santhekatte Puttur.

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The arrested persons were reportedly hatching plots to murder as well as loot entrepreneurs who failed to concede to their demand for hafta.

Those arrested are Mohammad Maksood Moodbidri, Mohammad Haneef alias Bada Haneef alias Mother India Haneef of Karkala, Sachin Poojari of Ambagilu, Sayyed Buran Kaup and Shamshuddin Hanumanthanagar.

They were arrested by a police team led by Udupi Inspector Maruthi G Nayak. Police have seized chilly powder and swords from the car.

They have been produced before the court and remanded to judicial custody till October 7.

Police investigations revealed that the accused were close associates of not only Bannaje Raja but also of Siraj Hassan of Doddanagudde and Sameer of Hanumanthanagar who are operating from abroad. They were telephoning several businessmen of Udupi area after gathering their mobile numbers and were demanding hafta. It is learnt they even used to send the numbers abroad so that their associates could make threatening calls to entrepreneurs.

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