Udupi: Manipal police arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly possessing a machete and a knife without authorisation on a public road in Vidyaratna Nagar, Manipal, recently. The accused, Mohammed Parvez, a resident of Kinnimulki, Udupi, was detained after police received information that a person was behaving suspiciously while carrying weapons.
Police led by PSI (investigation) Shambulingaiah ME seized a machete measuring about 20 inches in length, with a blue handle and a knife measuring about 16 inches, with a green handle. A case was registered against him at Manipal police station under Sections 4 and 25(1B)(b) of the Arms Act.
Parvez told investigators that he had personal enmity with Dawood, Isaac and some members of the Garuda gang, and had kept the weapons to attack them, according to police. Police said that cases related to the sale and consumption of narcotic substances had previously been registered against him at Udupi Town, Shirva, CEN and Kavoor police stations. He was arrested and produced before a court, which remanded him in judicial custody.