Mangaluru: The Mangaluru rural police took swift action and arrested two persons in connection to the attack on a scrap dealer at Vamanjoor here on Monday June 25th.

The arrested have been identified as Nawaz alias Nawwa (25), a resident of Banglegudde, Gurpur, and Mohammed Shahrukh alias Sharu (22) of Moodushedde.

The two arrested are members of five-member-gang led by Raheef, who allegedly attacked Khalid (45), a scrap dealer from Ulaibettu for reportedly not paying them ‘hafta’ on Sunday, June 24th.

The arrested Shahrukh and Nawaz are also accused in the murder of Charan near Vamanjoor petrol pump in 2016.

According to sources, the same gang is believed to be responsible for Charan murder as well as the attack on the scrap dealer. Hunt is on to nab the four more accused in the attack case.