Police officer Shankar Marihal who was one among the three-member encounter team of Belagavi police has been promoted to superintendent of police grade. He has been posted to chief of police team at HESCOM vigilance Squad.

Marihali, one among the three-member encounter team consisted of Narayanan Baramani and Mahanteshwar Jiddi – managed to bring back the supari killer, rspist gangster Praveen Shintre who hid at Udupi after killing Sheetal Chougle was rounded-up, brought back to the place where he raped and killed her at ‘Rajdeep Bungalow’ in Ganeshpur where he was encountered.