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The accused have been identified as Chandrashekhar Shetty (50), resident of Nellyadi and Dawood Hakim (36), resident of Suratkal Soorinje. Earlier, 13 accused in the case were arrested by Moodbidri police.
Chandrashekhar was a distant relative of victim Tukrappa’s wife, he was an auto-rickshaw driver. He collected all information about the business of Tukrappa.
He then conveyed all the information to Basheer, who is already arrested by police and out on bail now. Basheer then informed Dawood Hakim and hatched a plot for dacoity.
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The robbers stole lakhs in cash and materials from the house of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Nuje Tukrappa Shetty.
Shetty’s wife was admitted to a hospital in Mangaluru after being injured by a knife by one of the robbers.
Soon after the robbers left the house Shetty called the Dharmasthala police station who immediately rushed to the spot.