Mangalore: A prime accused in the murder cases of Candle Santhu and social worker Sukhananda Shetty in recent years, Kabir was done to death by unknown miscreants in a continued gangwar raging in coastal city, today Feb.25) around12.40pm.
The attackers used dangerous weapons at Charavu, near Gurpur, with Kabir (victim)’s house a furlong away from the spot of his murder.
The assailants came in a black van (Scorpio) and hit a bike on which Kabir rode with 2 friends, Nazeem and Sarfraz. Then they used the weapons to attack Kabir in the middle who fell in a heap. Kabir’s body was shifted to A.J.Hospital. His bike was removed by a lorry. A mobile phone was found alongside, on the spot. Nazeem and Sarfraz shifted to a Tejaswini hospital in Kadri as injured persons. The murderers fled from the scene after the killing. Kabir was returning from a mosque after offering Friday prayers. He was the accused in 2 earlier criminal cases. The murder appears to be pre-planned, the police sources said her.