Mangaluru: Police nab six persons of Maya gang for assault on cop

MANGALURU: Mangaluru city police have arrested six more persons of ‘Maya gang’ for conspiring to attack police personnel as a revenge for the 2019 Golibar, where two persons were killed and several injured during anti CAA/NRC protest.
Investigation also revealed the gang made a minor to consume tablets used for treating insomnia before committing crime. One of the accused is working in a medical shop and had access to scheduled ‘H’ drugs that cannot be sold without prescription.Two persons including a minor were arrested a few days after the incident.
It took place around 11.20am, on December 16, 2020, near New Chitra Talkies. Head police constable Ganesh Kamath was assaulted.
N Shashi Kumar, city police commissioner, Mangaluru told reporters on Tuesday that arrested have been identified as: Anish Ashraf, 22 and Abdul Khader Fahad, 23, Rahil, 18, residents of Kudroli; Mohammed Kayis, 24, resident of Tannirbavi, Mohammed Nawaz, 30, resident of BC Road and Sheik Mohammed Haris, 31, resident of Bajpe.