Pramesh S Jain
The Halasuru police on Wednesday arrested a 26-year-old vegetable vendor and two of his associates for setting fire to as many as 14 vehicles,to send a message to their relative turned rival, who is presently lodged in Parappana Agarahara Prison.
Deputy Commissioner of Police,East Division,D.Devraj, said that the accused Maqsood Ahmed,26,vegetable vendor at Bazaar Street in Halasuru and resident of DJ Halli and his associates Izhar Pasha,24 and Hameed Tabrez,26 were track down based on the CCTV footage .
The prime accused in the case is habitual offender involved in several cases.The police have opened rowdy -sheet against the trio based on their criminal background.
The trio armed with petrol bottles walked into the narrow bylane of Kariyamma temple street and splashed the fuel and set the vehicles on fire in the early hours of July 28.
As a result 10 two wheelers,three bicycles and a van belonging to a charitable trust parked on bylane belonging to the residents in and around were gutted .
The police upon questioning came to know that the accused had nurtured grudge against a murder accused and his distant relative identified as Fahad.
Fahad according to the police had murdered Maqsood brother-in-law,Sirajuddin,32 in Ramamurthynagar near Tin factory in May this year,to avenge the murder of his father .
Sirajuddin was maternal uncle,killed Fahad’s father , Anwar Pasha in 2010 over a property dispute .
Fahad was nine year old and saw his father killed in front of him,decided to avenge for the death.Sirajuddin who was arrested in the case released after 10 years and Fahad along with three of his associates attacked him and murdered .
Fahad along with three of his associates were arrested and presently in Parappana Agrahara prison.
The accused also told the police that Fahad had assaulted Maqsood and humiliated him for which he wanted to avenge .
The accused told the police that they wanted to convey a message to Fahad and decided to do something big to make him realize that they are“waiting” for him.
