Mangalore: Police commissioner R Hitendra at a press meet said that a close aide of underworld don Vicky shetty has been arrested along with three other aides by the CCB police here on August 26. A pistol, three bullets, a knife, a machete, mobile phones and a Nano car have been seized from them.
Rohidas alias Sharan alias Akash Bhavan Sharan (29), who is accused of killing KVG College administrative officer Ramakrishna A S, Sachin (30) from Puttur, Pavitra Kumar alias Pavi (26) from Kavoor, and Harsha Raj alias Harshit (22) a resident of Kulshekar have been arrested.
The CCB police arrested the four notorious killers on Bondel-Pachanady overbridge after receiving information about them and their plans for a another crime soon. Out of six, two managed to escape from the spot when police arrived.
Sharan is accused of raping and robbing a elderly woman at Yekkur. He is also accused of the murder of auto driver Farooq and 15 other cases. He was arrested for killing KVG College administrative officer Ramakrishna A S but released after he got bail.
Commissioner also said that Sharan had murdered Kumar a resident of Kavoor with the help of Santosh alias Santu, Gowrish alias Gowri, Gautam, Akshay and Harshit.
Prashant alias Pachu, manager of Sri Adhinatheshwara Roadlines was killed near Mangala bar in Valencia by Sharan and Vicky Shetty aides.
Police commissioner R Hitendra, DCP Dr K V Jagadish, DCP Vishnuvardhan, CCB inspector Valentine D’Souza, ASI Shyamsunder along with other constables Shashidhar Shetty, Ganesh M P, Ganesh Kalladka, Venugopal, Chandrashekar, Dinesh Bekal, Abdul Jabbar, Rajendraprasad, Mani M N, Sudhir Shetty and driver Tejakumar carried out the major operation.
