MANGALURU: The
anti-rowdy squad of the
Mangaluru city police on Thursday arrested three people in connection with a conspiracy to kill BJP leader from Kateel, around 19km from here.
Police have identified the arrested persons as
Pradeep Poojary, a resident of Ulaibettu,
Dinesh Belchada, hailing from Bantwal and Shivaprasad from Mulki. They are part of a gang operating from Kinnigoli, it is learnt.
They are alleged to have hatched a conspiracy to kill
Eshwar Kateel, a prospective MLA candidate for the Moodbidri-Mulki constituency from the BJP.
Eshwar on the other hand, has alleged that a Congress leader from the locality had bought the trio to get him killed.
According to sources, police got a tip-off about the trio when they were extorting money at Battakodi-Shibaroor near Kinnigoli and nabbed them. Weapons and a car were recovered.
A case of extortion has been registered at the Mulki police station.
