Mangaluru: Police officials have arrested two persons in connection with graffiti written in support of terrorist organisations in two places of Mangaluru.

The two arrested are Muhammad Shariq (22) and Maz Muneer Ahmed (21) of Tirthahalli.

Speaking to the media here on Saturday December 5, police commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikas said, The accused are from Thirthahalli. Muhammad Shariq  is running a cloth shop in Theerthahalli and has completed B.Com. Maz Munir Ahammed is pursuing B Tech from a private college in Mangaluru and has been working at a delivery company since three months in Mangaluru.

It is said that the accused had earlier written on the wall near Bundar police station but as nobody noticed the writings, they wrote on a wall near Kadri road

Police officials claim that their motive in committing the offence was to gain publicity. They were traced based on the CCTV footage and various other networks. They claimed that the accused will be soon produced to the court and further investigation will be conducted.