Six arrested for attacking and robbing migrant workers

Kochi: Aluva police on Friday arrested six people for breaking into a house rented by migrant workers and for robbery. The group posed as residents and forced their way into the house, claiming that a migrant worker who sold drugs was living there.

The arrested individuals are Anas, 28, Nouh, 26, Vinod Kumar, 35, Hassan, 25, Hitbullah Shiyas, 21, and Ashik Aliyar, 21. The incident occurred on Tuesday night when they forcibly entered a rental house near Sivagiri Vidyaniketan School.

Police said that the group intended to look for drugs and steal them for themselves. However, the intended target, a person from Assam, had left the area months ago. The accused, however, attacked the occupants, stole mobile phones and took money from one person’s pocket. Police said they later sold the stolen mobile phones at shops in Perumbavoor.

They were remanded in judicial custody.

Private bus crews clash, 3 held: Three persons were arrested following a brawl among crews of private buses plying on Aluva-Fort Kochi route on Friday. The arrested are Jithin, 35, Abdul Saddam, 32, and Anson Job, 38. The conflict arose over the bus schedule.

The accused entered a bus, which operates on Aluva-Thoppumpady route, and attacked the crew. The passengers on the bus were also made to disembark.