Kundapur: Cop stabbed to death

Mangalore Today News Network

Kundapur, May 31: In a gruesome incident, a team of robbers have stabbed and killed a jeep driver of Byndoor police station at Sangam Circle of Kundapura taluk in Udupi District on May 31.

The deceased police constable has been identified as Shridhar (30), jeep driver of Baindoor Police station. The Incident took place early in the morning, when he and his Inspector were on their highway patrolling.

It is said that, Kantharaj, Circle-Inspector of Byndoor Police station and his Jeep driver Shridhar have started highway patrolling near Kundapur area, after getting information from Kundapur Police about some robbers threatening the public and stealing money from them.

When their jeep reached Sangam Circle, they came face to face with a gang of robbers, who were being chased by the Kundapur town policemen. Both Kundapur police and Byndoor police have encircled the robbers to catch. Suddenly, the thieves have grabbed Inspector Kantharaj’s revolver, without his conscious, as he jumped front to catch them.

At this juncture, Inspector kantharaj’s driver Sridhar has acted spontaneously to catch one of the thieves and he succeeded to catch one of them. But the plunder’s have escaped from the scene after stabbing on Shridhar’s Chest, using knife. The injury was so sever that, driver Shridhar fell down and died on the spot.

Soon after stabbing, police have started searching operation near Sangam Circle. They have also informed the locals about searching operation. A local’s team, led by Pradip, has joined hands with Kundapura Police in searching operation. They have discovered the thieves hiding under a bridge near to Sangam Circle and succeeded to catch two of them.

Kundapura Police have doubted that the arrested thieves are from Kerala, as they were speaking a mix of Malayam and Hindi language. Soon after the incident, Udupi Superintendent of police Praveen Madhukar Pawar and DySp Vishwanath Pandith have visited the spot to investigate the incident.

Shridhar
Shridhar was deputed to Byndoor Police station a week back. Before joining Baindoor police station, he was serving as a staff at Udupi Reserve police.