MARGAO
In a major breakthrough, the Fatorda police have nabbed five persons from Kholapur in connection with the armed attack on history-sheeter Anwar Sheikh alias Tiger Anwar.
All the five persons were brought to the Fatorda police station from Kholapur and have been placed under arrest.
District police chief, SP Pankaj Kumar Singh, IPS said while accused Imran Bepari, resident of Santa Cruz and Harshvardhan Saval, a resident of Mapusa has been arrested for attempt to murder in connection with the Tiger Anwar cases, the remaining three persons Vijay Karbotkar, Porvorim, Sudhan D’Costa, Seraulim and Mahinder Tanavade, Porvorim have been arrested under Section 212 of the IPC for harbouring Imran and Harshvardan.
Fatorda Police Station in-charge, PI Kapil Nayak said the police are on the look out for the remaining two accused, one of whom was believed to have opened fire at Tiger Anwar.
The police had last week arrested two persons, Ricky Hornekar and Vipul Pathare in connection with the attack on Tiger Anwar.
Police had invoked the provisions under the Arms Act and also registered a case of attempt to murder against the accused persons after they had fired shots at the victim.
The history-sheeter was saved from further attack due to the timely intervention by Superintendent of Police, Konkan Railway police station, Sammy Tavares and his driver Irshad Sheikh,, who were travelling on the Eastern bypass at the time of the incident.
