Coastal Talk News | Manipal
Manipal police have arrested a man who allegedly was carrying weapons to attack some members of the Garuda gang. The arrested has been identified as Mohammed Parvez (26), a resident of Kinnimulki in Udupi. On October 24, Manipal police sub-inspector Shambulingayya M. E. was on patrol when he received information about a man behaving suspiciously with weapons on a public road behind the Mandavi Emerald building in Vidyaratna Nagar. He went to the spot with police personnel and took Parvez into custody, police said.
Police seized an iron machete about 20 inches long and an iron knife about 16 inches long from him. During questioning, Parvez allegedly said he had the weapons because of a dispute with Dawood, Isaaq and some members of the Garuda gang, whom he intended to attack using the lethal objects, police said. According to police, cases related to the sale and consumption of drugs have previously been registered against him at Udupi Town, Shirva, CEN and Mangaluru’s Kavoor police stations. A case has been now registered at Manipal police station under the Arms Act, 1959. Parvez was produced before a court and the court remanded him to judicial custody.
