Kashimji murder case witness arrested, remanded to CoD custody

July 5, 2011

Mangalore, July 5: A city based advocate, who was a witness in Naushad Kashimji murder case, but, later accused of having links with underworld and giving supari to kill another advocate, on Tuesday remanded to Corps of Detectives (CoD) custody for two days, by Second JMFC Court here.

Advocate Umar Farooq was arrested by CoD on Monday after he landed at Devanahalli International Airport in Bangalore. He had left the country two years ago and stayed in Dubai.

Then Dakshina Kannada police had issued a look out notice against Advocate Farooq.

Soon after his landing, the Airport authorities, informed the Mangalore City Police Commissionerate, who in turn referred to CoD, who rushed to Bangalore.

Before bringing him back to Mangalore, CoD produced Advocate Umar Farooq before a local court in Bangalore on Monday.

He is facing charges of having underworld links (association with Madoor Isubu), providing supari to Madoor Isubu to kill city based Advocate Harish Rai and raising funds for organisations like KFD.

However, according to advocate Purushotham Poojary, Umar Farooq is an innocent, and police have fixed him in false cases, because he was a witness in the brutal murder case of Advocate Naushad Kashimji.

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Mangaluru Airport turns political stage: Congress workers chant for DKS as Venugopal arrives

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December 3,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 3: A group of Congress workers gathered at the Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday to welcome AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, but the reception quickly turned into a display of support for Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

Venugopal arrived in the city to participate in the centenary commemoration of the historic dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru. The event, organised by the Sivagiri Mutt, Varkala, in association with the Mangalore University Sri Narayana Guru Study Chair, is being held on the university’s Konaje campus.

KPCC general secretary Mithun Rai and several party workers had assembled at the airport to receive Venugopal. However, the moment he stepped out, workers began raising slogans backing Shivakumar.

The university programme will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

This show of support comes just a day after Siddaramaiah remarked that Shivakumar would lead the government “when the high command decides.” The chief minister made the comment after a breakfast meeting at Shivakumar’s residence—another public display of camaraderie between the two leaders amid ongoing attempts by the party high command to downplay their leadership rivalry.

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