SI Mahesh Prasad from rural police station took Mr Malli to custody when he landed at Mangalore airport from Dubai on Sunday at 9 am.
He was quizzed with regard to life threat to Mr Shetty till about 1.45 pm. He was later released on conditional bail.
A complaint was lodged against Rakesh Malli and Srikant Shetty by Thumbe Prakash Shetty stating that he has been receiving threatening calls.
Srikant Shetty was questioned earlier and then his allies Uday, Preethesh, Avinash and others were also questioned.
In continuation to the case, Malli was questioned on Sunday and since Mr Malli is residing in Dubai, his passport has been confiscated to make way for further questioning.
Enmity
It has been learnt that Prakash Shetty and Raksh Malli were friends once. Both were associated with the underworld. Later, Mr Malli joined Congress and Shetty was still away from exploring political options.
However, when Mr Shetty contested as rebel candidate against Congress' Umar Farooq in Thumbe ZP constituency, he was ousted from the party. Later, he re-entered Congress after working for the victory of Ramanath Rai.
When he contested from Congress ticket in Golthamajal, his opponent was Sadananda Malli. Here Mr Shetty and Rakesh Malli came at loggerheads with each other as Golthamajal became a prestige issue for the Mallis. From here, the series of attacks and counter attacks began.
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