The Mangaluru police arrested Hafeez alias Appi, resident of Boliyar Village, on the charge of murdering two 23-year-old men near Indian Oil petrol pump in Boliyar on October 19.
The police gave names of the deceased as Mohammed Zunaid and Mohammed Afraz.
In the complaint to the Konaje Police Station, Zunaid’s father Ismail said his son left their house in Kinya around 11 a.m on October 19 after having food. He left on his scooter along with Afraz. After hearing about the death of the two in the accident around 7 p.m., he went to the spot to find the damaged scooter, a damaged pickup vehicle and the broken piece of an electricity pole.
Local residents told him that the deceased had an argument with the pickup vehicle driver Hafeez. As the two (Afraz and Zunaid) left on their scooter, Hafeez followed them on his vehicle and hit their scooter, resulting in their death at the hospital.
Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said difference over a mobile phone led to the scuffle and it got escalated. Hafeez admitted to hitting the scooter in a fit of rage, resulting in the death of Zunaid and Afraz. Hafeez was arrested for offence under Section 103(1) (murder) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, he said.
Published - October 21, 2026 07:54 pm IST