Dubai-bound Bhatkal youth arrested at Mangaluru Airport

January 11, 2015

Mangaluru, Jan 11: A Dubai-bound passenger from Bhatkal town has been arrested by a team of Central Crime Branch police from Bengaluru at Mangaluru International Airport barely minutes before he was to board an international flight.

Police sources claimed that based on inputs provided by the three men from Bhatkal arrested on Thursday for their suspected links with a banned outfit, CCB sleuths arrested Riyaz Ahmed Sayeedi (32), son of Khwaja Sayeedi, was picked up from the Airport.

Sayeedi, who hails from the coastal town of Bhatkal in the Uttara Kannada district, just like the three others arrested before him, had cleared immigration check at the airport and was waiting for his boarding call when the policemen in plain clothes approached and arrested him.

Sayeedi works at hardware stores in Dubai. He used to frequently visit his family in India. He was to take a Jet Airways flight at 11:25 pm, said sources in the Bengaluru Police. He was taken to Bengaluru soon after his arrest.

Meanwhile, a CCB team searched Sayeedi's house at Mugdum Colony in Bhatkal in the presence of the local police and his neighbours, but reportedly found no incriminating material.

Sources said Sayeedi was in constant touch with Syed Ismail Afaq (34), Saddam Hussein (35) and Abdus Subur (25), who were arrested recently. The police claimed that they had seized a huge cache of explosives from their houses.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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