Mangalore, Aug 7: Six persons have been arrested by the Mangalore North in connection with the attack on industrialist Vijayendra Bhat on the Mannagudde –Ballalbagh road on July 2.
The arrested have been identified as Deekshith (25) from Maroli, Satish (28), and his cousin Litesh Kumar (20) from Soorinje, Padmaraj from Bejai, Sonia from Someshwar, and Anil from Pumpwell.
Deekshith and Litesh are the prime accused
The police said the attack was carried out on the orders from underworld operative Vikki Shetty.
Mr. Bhat was shot at near a restaurant and the bullet hit the metal frame of the driver's seat door. Following this attack a person claiming to be Vikki Shetty called a few media personnel and owned up to the attack, which he said was to avenge funding the murder of his henchman Bejai Raja in Falnir on December 1, 2012.
Barke police personnel including Sub-Inspector K Manjunath and PSI K Mohammed Sharif arrested the accused under the guidance of police commissioner Manish Karbikar, DCP Jagadish and Dharmaiah. Balakrishna, Shekhar Gatti, Sunil Kumar, Isaac, Pradeep Kumar Rai, Vinod, jeep driver Dinesh Shetty Asaigoli and others were also part of the team.
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