Khader's picture with a Target group member goes viral

Mangaluru: A picture of Minister U T Khader and a member from Target group has gone viral.

It has been reported that Minister Khader’s picture of having lunch with Ilyas, an active member of Target group (a notorious group which is into extortion and other crimes).

Ilyas, is said to be an active member of the group and involved in many criminal activities and is an close aid of Pinki Nawaz, the prime suspect in the Deepak Rao murder case.

However Khader had rubbished claims and said that he strongly condemns the killings and he is not in support of this. He further claimed that in the past, Ilyas had contested in the Youth Congress election.