Overview
- Police said 11 accused were tracked down across multiple states and arrested following the January 12 killing in Bandepalya.
- The force decided to apply the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act, which allows up to 30 days of police custody and 180 days before filing a chargesheet.
- Investigators described a preplanned ambush in which chilli powder was thrown into Shabbir’s eyes before he was hacked to death.
- After the attack, the suspects fled in an autorickshaw to K. R. Puram and then took trains to places including Mumbai, Rajasthan and Hyderabad, according to police.
- Weapons and vehicles used in the crime were seized, cases were registered under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Arms Act, and further arrests remain possible.