Another accused in ‘Tablet Arif’ murder case arrested

Mangaluru: CCB sleuths of Mangaluru City police police, on Monday, have arrested another suspect in connection with the murder of rowdy sheeter Arif Hussain alias ‘Tablet Arif, a resident of Uchila Mullugudde, who was killed within Ullal police station limits earlier this year.

The accused has been identified as Mohammed Ibrahim Sinan alias Chinnu, 21, a resident of Shantinagar, Padil, and currently residing in a rented house in Padil, Mangaluru. According to police, in the early hours of March 27, Arif was travelling on a motorcycle over the Thokkottu flyover when assailants in a car allegedly rammed his bike and attacked him with deadly weapons. The accused later abandoned the car at Budoli, Bantwal taluk and fled the scene. A case was registered at Ullal police station and later transferred to the CCB for investigation.

City police commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH stated that Sinan was allegedly present while the murder was being planned, in Feb. Investigation has also revealed that he had provided financial assistance to those involved in the murder. Two criminal cases are already registered against him, an attempt to murder case in Kankanady town police station in 2025, and an assault case registered at Mangaluru North police station in 2024. He is also the brother of a deceased rowdy-sheeter ‘Toppi Naufal’.

Police had earlier arrested Mohammed Rifath Ali, Ibrahim Khalil, Ashfaq alias Juttu Ashfaq, Ummar Farooq Irfan, Mohammed Shakir, Mohammed Rizwan alias Rizwan, Mohammed Irshad alias Akudu, Mohammed Harshad, Nishaq alias Pucche Nishaq, B Junaid alias Kokkada Junaid and Mohammed Suhail alias Chiya and produced them before the court.

All the accused are currently in judicial custody.