Mangalore: City police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh, said that the shootout which took place near Kadri park was the preplan by the underworld connection.
He said that the last night shootout attempt at the city based builder was the work of underworld dons in collaboration with the local people, to teach a lesson for the builder for not paying ransom.
On interrogating the matter, Bhandary said that he received a call from Bannanje Raja, who said that he had planned to attack him. He told that Bannanje Raja had called him a two years back demanding Rs. 2 crore, and when he told him that he do not have such huge amount of money, he cut down the amount to Rs. 1 crore. But still, Bhandary refused to pay it. This incident took place just a month after the don was released from the Dubai Police.
Reportedly, Raja is wanted by the Bangalore Police, the Mangalore Police, and the Mumbai Police in relation to a large number of cases.