Lorry Driver Anil Kumar murder Accused Arrested, Lorry and Stolen Goods Recovered
Mangaluru: The Panambur police have arrested two more accused in Lorry driver Anil Kumar murder case on September 24.
The arrested have been identified as Ahmed Sheriff alias Appu (18) from Kumbalagodu Bengaluru and Nijamuddin alias Tauhid (29) from Kengeri Hobali Bengaluru. Another accused Asadullah Sheriff (50) from Ramnagar was arrested on September 18.
According to the Police on August 28, the Ruchi Soya Industry in Baikampady had sent 1050 boxes of Palm oil worth Rs 7.5 lakh to Bengaluru by a Lorry belonging to Sugama Company with Anil Kumar as the driver. But the load of Palm oil did not reach Bengaluru. In this connection, a complaint of cheating was filed in the Panambur police station on August 30.
The Panambur police Inspector Rafiq K M and PSI Umesh Kumar M N investigated the case and took Asadulla Sheriff into custody. During interrogation, Asadullah revealed that he along with Nijamuddin and Ahmed Sheriff had killed the Lorry driver Anil Kumar and buried his body in Kumbalagodu, Ramnagar.
The body of Anil Kumar was recovered from Kumbalagodu by the Bengaluru South police and handed over to the family members after the post-mortem.
The accused had taken away the load of Palm oil along with the lorry. The police have now recovered the lorry bearing registration number KA 01 AH 9065 worth Rs 15 lakh, 407 medium truck bearing registration number KA 25 6944 worth Rs 1 lakh, a Royal Enfield bike bearing registration number KA 41 EL 4578 worth Rs 1.25 lakh, Honda Deo Two-wheeler with plate number KA 41 EL 4473 worth Rs 40,000 and Ruchi Gold Palm oil 850 boxes worth Rs 6 lakh, all worth Rs 23.65 lakh from their possession.
Under the direction of Police commissioner T R Suresh and under the able guidance of DCP crime and traffic Uma Prashanth and ACP North Rajendra D S the operation was carried out by the Panambur police inspector Rafiq K M, PSI Umesh Kumar M N and the Panambur police including the police from the Panambur Anti Rowdy Squad.