Mangaluru: Around 5 murder cases have been reported in the city in the past 28 days since the 25th December 2017.
According to sources, these crimes have been taking place in the city and people are in a state of fear. It has given rise to worry and anxiety among the citizens.
On 25th December, Monday a notorious gangster Melrick D’souza was killed by a rival gang here at Gorigudde when he was returning from a Christmas party. Following it another murder took place on 3rd January, Wednesday where Deepak Rao was brutally killed by a gang while he was going for lunch.
In the act of revenge for Deepak’s murder, Basheer became the victim of a vicious attack on the same night while he was on his way home after closing his fast food. He was attacked with sharp weapon and had his last breath at a private hospital in Mangalore.
Following Basheer’s Demise, another life was taken by a gang of miscreants who broke into the house of Target Ilyas and murdered him on 13th January, Saturday. And now another such crime was discovered where Shivaraj was hacked to death by miscreants using a pickaxe on 22nd January, Monday.
The police have acted swiftly and arrests have been made regarding these murders. However, the police have been unable to track down Ilyas’s assailants.
Five people lost were brutally murdered in the past 28 days in the city and although two of them were criminals, but the rest did not have any criminal records.