Mangaluru, Dec 10: Two persons including a teenager have been arrested by the sleuths of the Central Sub Division Anti Rowdy Squad on charge of robbing an elderly man of Rs. 27 lakh.
The police gave the names of the accused as Mohammed Shafi (26) and Mohammed Riyaz (19), both from Ilantila Nejikar in Belthangady taluk.
On October 20, the suspects reportedly assaulted 64-year-old Ganesh Kamath near Shrirama Bhajana Mandir in Bejai at around 8 p.m. and took away a bag containing Rs. 27 lakh.
The police said that Kamath was attacked while he was returning home with the cash that he had collected from a few borrowers.
The police said that Shafi was an accused in a rape and six other criminal cases. There was no past crime record against Riyaz. The police have recovered Rs. 16.57 lakh from the arrested persons. They have seized the motorcycle reportedly used by the accused in the crime.
The Anti Rowdy Squad was led by Police Inspector Ravish Nayak.
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This is the fault of their parents who failed to teach good manners.
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