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Kalia Rafiq murder case : 4 accused acquitted


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, September 26, 2024: The first additional District and Sessions Court of Mangaluru has acquitted four accused in the rowdy Kalia Rafiq murder case that took place at Kotekar in Ullal in 2017.

Those acquitted are Noorali, Jiya alias Isubu Shiyad, Rasheed and Mujeeb alias Kallatra Najeeb KA.


Kalia Rafiq


On February 2, 2017, a tipper lorry had rammed into the car in which Kalia Rafiq and his aides were travelling on the NH at Kotekar. When Kalia got out of the car and ran away, he was chased, fired at and hacked to death with a machete.

A total of eight persons were identified as accused in the case. Out of them four have now been acquitted. While one accused has died, another is absconding. The rest are yet to be traced.