Mangaluru, Apr 17 (UNI) Following an alert by the central intelligence agencies of possible terror attacks in Karnataka following abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, the City police have arrested eight people, who hard arrived in this Port city and stayed in a lodge and were travelling in a vehicle having an illegal board written as ‘Government of India’ board.
City Police Commissioner Harsha said in a release that on Friday night that a police team on night round spotted a suspicious SUV which had a board Director ‘National Crime Investigation Bureau’ Government of India, but without a registration plate. Police apprehended five persons sitting in the vehicle after they tried to escape from the scene. On questioning the driver revealed that there were three more persons in the lodge, where he had parked his vehicle and the team was headed by one Sam Peter.
The driver also revealed that the party could be planning to commit Dacoity. Police initially seized a .22 revolver from one of the five persons who were in the car.