Ricky Rai, son of late underworld determine Muthappa Rai, has alleged that his father’s second spouse, and three others might have plotted an try on his life over a property dispute, The New Indian Specific reported.
The automotive wherein Ricky Rai, son of former underworld operative Muthappa Rai, was travelling in, broken after an armed gang opened hearth at him, at Bidadi close to Bengaluru, on Saturday (PTI)
Rai was shot at round 12.50 am on Saturday whereas travelling from his farmhouse in Bidadi to Bengaluru. He was accompanied by his driver, Basavaraju, and his gunman, Rajpal, when an unidentified assailant opened hearth at their car.
Although he escaped unharmed, the incident raised alarm given his high-profile background.
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On Sunday, Rai appeared earlier than DySP Srinivas in Bidadi and recorded a proper assertion, accusing his stepmother Anuradha, together with former aides Rakesh Malli, Nitesh Anathan, and others, of conspiring to kill him, the report added.
He advised investigators that he had not too long ago arrived in Bengaluru from Russia on account of ongoing court docket circumstances associated to property issues.
To expedite the investigation and apprehend the shooter, the police have shaped 4 particular groups, the report added.
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Who was Muthapa Rai?
Muthappa Rai, as soon as among the many most feared figures in Bengaluru’s underworld through the Nineties, later reinvented himself as a businessman and socialite. Hailing from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada, Rai shortly rose via the ranks of town’s crime world earlier than finally claiming to have distanced himself from his prison previous.
He later turned lively in the actual property sector and based Jaya Karnataka, a social group. Regardless of his controversial background, Rai continued to take care of a excessive public profile till his loss of life from most cancers in 2020.