DCIB Police arrest Rajesh Acharya in Santhosh Nayak Murder Case

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DCIB Police arrest Rajesh Acharya in Santhosh Nayak Murder Case

Udupi: The DCIB police on January 20 arrested a person in connection with the Santhosh Nayak Peranankila murder case.

The arrested has been identified as Rajesh Acharya (39) a resident of Attavar Mangaluru.

According to the press note issued by the district police office, on December 2, 2016 Santosh Nayak was kidnapped and taken to the forest areas near Hiriyadka. Later Nayak’s house was also ransacked by the gang led by Rajesh, kidnapped Nayak’s wife and family members and took away their ornaments.

The police have recovered gold ornaments worth Rs 80,500/- and handed over the accused to Manipal police.

Under the direction of SP KT Balakrishna and ASP Vishnuvardhan, the team led by DCIB SI Sampath Kumar along with ASI Rosario D’Souza, Ravichandra, Ramu Hegde, Chandra Shetty, Suresh, Santhosh Kundar, Raghavendra Uppanda, Praveen, Rajkumar, Dayananda Prabhu, Shivanada and Raghavendra took part in the operation.


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