Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he Adugodi police have arrested four people,including a meat shop owner,who had abducted a meat transporter to rob beef from him posing as cow vigilantes on Tuesday.
The accused have been identified as Mohammed and his associates Madhu,Dinesh and Karthik.
Senior officer told reporters,Mohammed who runs a meat shop in Ilyaz Nagar used to buy beef from Fayaz who used to transport the meat from Ramanagar.
As Mohammed was not regular with payment due to financial problems,Fayaz stopped supplying meat to Mohammed. In order to run the shop,Mohammed hatched a plan to rob the meat.
As per the plan he roped in his three friends who intercepted Fayaz’s vehicle near Mico Layout circle.
Posing as cow vigilantes,Mashu Dinesh and Karthik abducted Fayaz tortured him,threatened to hand him over to the police and demanded Rs.1 lakh.
The accused later robbed Rs.10,000 from Fayaz and escaped with his truck with beef leaving behind Fayaz.
The accused later called Fayaz to inform him that he can get his truck near St.Johns circle .
When Fayaz went to the spot he found his truck but the meat was missing.Since Fayaz was transporting the meat illegally, the accused thought he would not complaint to the police.
However Fayaz approached Adugodi police and filed a complaint.Based on the complaint, the police tracked down the accused through the CCTV footage they have obtained from in and around the scene of crime.
The interrogation of trio led the police to the meat shop owner Mohammed.
All four have been arrested now,and booked for abduction, robbery and criminal conspiracy. All four of them have been remanded into judicial custody.
