Two arrested on abduction charge

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, SEPT. 23. The Cubbon Park Police have arrested two associates of the notorious gangster, Malayali Praveen, on a charge of abducting a man and relieving him of his car and a mobile phone.

The names of the arrested were given as Harish (27) of Lalbagh Road and Muragavelu, alias Muruga (28), of Sudhamanagar.

Police said that on September 20, Mr. Maria Bernard, an event manager and a resident of Sampangiramnagar, parked his car in front of the Bowring Institute on St. Mark's Road. Harish, Muragavelu and their two accomplices accosted Mr. Bernard, threatened him with a knife and took him in his car to Mathikere.

They asked Mr. Bernard to pay them Rs.1 lakh and threatened him of dire consequences. They relieved him of his car and mobile phone before fleeing.

Police have recovered the car and mobile phone from the two culprits. Two others, including Praveen's brother, are absconding and police are on the look out for them. The gangsters were involved in robbery and abduction cases reported from Sampangiramnagar, Jayanagar and Wilson Garden police limits.

Recovered

The Banashankari Police have arrested two youth who had allegedly stolen cash and gold ornaments from the house of Mr. D.Arvind on August 18.

Police recovered jewellery worth Rs.1 lakh and Rs. 2,800 in cash by arresting Suresh (20) and Ramesh (20). The two were staying in a shed next to Mr. Arvind's house at 2nd Cross, Channamanakere, and used to run errands for his family.

They stole a spare key of Mr. Arvind's house and allegedly committed the theft, police said.

Bodies found

Bodies of two unidentified men were found in Yelahanka and Ulsoor police limits in the City.

A man aged about 75 years was found dead near Domlur Road at about 9.30 a.m. on Sunday. The body has been sent for autopsy. Police suspect that the man fell down after losing balance, and died immediately. The Ulsoor Police have registered a case of unnatural death.

The body of a man aged about 45 years was found in a well at a farm owned by Mr. Hemanna at Jakkur on Saturday afternoon. The body has been kept at M.S.Ramaiah Hospital mortuary. The Yelahanka Police have registered a case of unnatural death.

Boy killed

A seven-year-old boy died of injuries at a hospital after he was knocked down by a tempo in Adugodi Police limits on Sunday afternoon.

According to police, Roopesh, a First Standard student at AVS Convent, Sudhamanagar, and son of Mr. Balaji, was crossing the 80-ft Road at Adugodi at about 4 p.m. when the tempo hit him. He was rushed to the Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital. However, he died of injuries.

The tempo has been seized. Police have arrested the driver, Francis. The Adugodi Police have registered a case.

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