MANGALORE: A nine-member fake investigation team was held in Mangaluru on Saturday morning. The team comprised four Malayalis and five Karnataka natives.

They were staying in a lodge and had entered the name in the lodge registry as National Crime Investigation bureau. The car used by them with sticker that read ‘National Crime Investigation bureau’ on it was also taken into custody.

The fake investigation fell into police net during the examination conducted by the police in hotels based on the information that there could be attacks during the Independence Day.