The 21 persons from whom the statements have been taken include Mohammed Rajin (21) of Padubidri, Guruprasad Shetty (21) of Alevoor, Prashanth Pacchhu of Alake in Mangalore (20), Gururaj Poojary (25) of Moodusagri in Indrali, Kiran Sherigar (24) of Bailakere, Deepak Devadiga (31) of Kukkikatte, Raghavendra Kanchan (25) of Bailakere, Ashish Shetty (30) of Kukkikatte, Irshad (19) of Padubidri, Chethan alias Chethu (22) of Moodu Alevoor, Pitti Nagesh (39) of Kukkikatte in Indiranagar, Suresh Poojary (31) of Kota Padukere, Nagaraj (24) of Alevoor, Sudhakar Poojary (25) of Kukkikatte, Dinesh Sherigar (26) of Kukkikatte, Santhosh Maben (30) of Kukkikattte, Mubarak Sheikh (35) of Kukkikatte, Saleem Manchi (27) of Alevoor, Manikanta Sanjeeva (27) of Janata Colony in Kunjibettu, Raghavendra of Kukkikatte (25) and Kukkikatte Haneef (37) of Indiranagar.
The statement has been collected by Udupi City Police Sub Inspector Sampath Kumar as a precautionary measure.
Published 22 January 2011, 16:48 IST