Mangalore : Notorious criminal Maduru Yusubu has been taken into custody said Ajay Kumar Singh, Director General of Police, Karnataka.
Dr A Subhramanyeshwara Rao, DK SP, who was also present with DGP Ajay Kumar Singh at a press conference, said that Yusubu was arrested in a place between Yashwantpur and Nelamangala in Bangalore, where he had gone to meet his associate.
While questioning about the previous information on his arrest in Riyadh, Dr Rao said that the Karnataka police are still on their way to find out the information of his escape from the Saudi police officials and reached Bangalore. But the police officials acted on a tip off and arrested him in Bangalore.
Yusubu was into news after he murdered a notorious rowdy Candle Santhu, a few years ago. usubu has around 18 cases against him; he has also been booked for the murder of Sukhananda Shetty and attempted murder of Chandrashekar Uchil as well as for robbing Rajadhani Jewellers and threatening the proprietor of Baliga Jewellers, Bantwal. He stands accused of collecting hafta from several businessmen in Mangalore, before going underground in Riyadh in a bid to escape arrest.
Ravi Poojary, the underworld don, had openly threatened Yusub through the media for his anti national activities.