Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 02, 2025 (ANI): An incident of assault and murder was reported near Kinnipadavu Cross under the jurisdiction of Mangaluru City Police on May 01. In the wake of murder of rowdy-sheeter, Suhas Shetty, the Mangaluru City Police Commissionerate has swiftly imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNS), 2023. The order took effect at 6:00am on May 02, and will remain in force until 6:00am on May 06.On the incident, Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal said, "Last night at around 8.30 pm, Suhas Shetty, a rowdy sheeter, who is accused number one in Fazil's murder case, was killed by 5-6 unidentified assailants. We have registered a murder case, and teams are working on it. It is too early to say what the motive was behind the murder. We have imposed prohibitory orders to ensure peace in the city. Bajrang Dal had called for a city bandh late last night. Some miscreants have tried to pelt stones on some buses. We have taken stock of the situation. We have made adequate deployment in the city. Our teams are patrolling..."
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00:00Yesterday night around 8.30, 8.40, a road shooter of this area, Suhas Shetty, who was earlier accused number one of a facile murder which took place in the year 2022, was intercepted by two vehicles.
00:17One was a pickup vehicle and one was a Maruti shift. So in order to save himself, he tried to run and abscond on the scene. However, the around five to six people in the Maruti shift, they chased him and then they attacked him with the weapons and deadly weapons. And after that, he was brought to the hospital where he was, despite the treatment, he could not be survived. And subsequently, we had taken a murder case in this regard and the teams are working on it.
00:45Murder motive, what do you think?
00:48It will be too early to say that what was the murder motive. We have been able to identify the criminals who are involved in this. But however, till the time we nabbed them, it will be premature to say what was the real motive.