<p>Five men chased a former rowdy and hacked him to death near his JP Nagar residence early on Thursday morning.<br /><br /></p>.<p>C Ravi, 35, who worked as a supervisor at a private firm, was parking his car near his house after his night shift when five men armed with machetes and other sharp-edged weapons brutally attacked him and fled the spot.<br /><br />Hearing the commotion, Ravi’s wife rushed out of the house only to find him sprawled in a pool of blood. She rushed him to a private hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.<br /><br />Father of two children, Ravi was a rowdy-sheeter in the Tilak Nagar police dossiers. <br />His name was deleted from the police list as many of his crimes could not be proved for want of evidence. <br /><br />For the past few months, Ravi had given up criminal activities and was working for a private firm.<br /><br />Woman duped <br /><br />Two persons who identified themselves as policemen duped a woman of her valuables in Shivajinagar police limits Wednesday afternoon.<br /><br />According to the police, N Neela, a resident of Hosur Road, along with her relative alighted from a bus at Queen’s Road junction.<br /><br />The two were to visit one of their relatives, who is admitted to a hospital, on Cunningham Road.<br /><br />They walked towards the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office, as they were unable to locate the hospital. They approached two middle-aged men seeking directions, the police said.<br /><br />The men who claimed to be police said there was tension near the hospital as violence had broken out. <br /><br />They suggested Neela to remove all her valuables and place it in a bag, as it was unsafe to head towards the hospital adorned with jewels.<br /><br />Neela removed her two gold bangles and a gold chain worth Rs one lakh and kept it in her bag.<br /><br />Taking due advantage of their gullibility, the men demanded that the bag be handed over to them. <br /><br />However, when Neela refused to hand over her bag, the men told they had orders from higher officials to check bags creating suspicion.<br /><br />As the argument progressed, the men diverted their attention, stole the valuables and fled leaving behind the bag, the police added.<br /><br />Woman relieved of chain<br /><br />In a similar incident, two men stole gold chain worth Rs 1.5 lakh from a Bangalore Medical College employee, after diverting her attention in Central police limits, and fled the scene on Wednesday.<br /><br />The two men in their 30s accosted Jayamma, who was heading towards Kalasipalya after completing her day’s work.<br /><br />After convincing her that they were CID police they informed her that there was some violence in Kalasipalya. <br /><br />They asked her to remove her gold chain and hand it over to them, so that they could wrap it in a piece of paper and return the same. <br /><br />The two diverted Jayamma’s attention and returned the wrapped packet stuffed with waste paper and fled the scene, the police added.<br /></p>
<p>Five men chased a former rowdy and hacked him to death near his JP Nagar residence early on Thursday morning.<br /><br /></p>.<p>C Ravi, 35, who worked as a supervisor at a private firm, was parking his car near his house after his night shift when five men armed with machetes and other sharp-edged weapons brutally attacked him and fled the spot.<br /><br />Hearing the commotion, Ravi’s wife rushed out of the house only to find him sprawled in a pool of blood. She rushed him to a private hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.<br /><br />Father of two children, Ravi was a rowdy-sheeter in the Tilak Nagar police dossiers. <br />His name was deleted from the police list as many of his crimes could not be proved for want of evidence. <br /><br />For the past few months, Ravi had given up criminal activities and was working for a private firm.<br /><br />Woman duped <br /><br />Two persons who identified themselves as policemen duped a woman of her valuables in Shivajinagar police limits Wednesday afternoon.<br /><br />According to the police, N Neela, a resident of Hosur Road, along with her relative alighted from a bus at Queen’s Road junction.<br /><br />The two were to visit one of their relatives, who is admitted to a hospital, on Cunningham Road.<br /><br />They walked towards the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office, as they were unable to locate the hospital. They approached two middle-aged men seeking directions, the police said.<br /><br />The men who claimed to be police said there was tension near the hospital as violence had broken out. <br /><br />They suggested Neela to remove all her valuables and place it in a bag, as it was unsafe to head towards the hospital adorned with jewels.<br /><br />Neela removed her two gold bangles and a gold chain worth Rs one lakh and kept it in her bag.<br /><br />Taking due advantage of their gullibility, the men demanded that the bag be handed over to them. <br /><br />However, when Neela refused to hand over her bag, the men told they had orders from higher officials to check bags creating suspicion.<br /><br />As the argument progressed, the men diverted their attention, stole the valuables and fled leaving behind the bag, the police added.<br /><br />Woman relieved of chain<br /><br />In a similar incident, two men stole gold chain worth Rs 1.5 lakh from a Bangalore Medical College employee, after diverting her attention in Central police limits, and fled the scene on Wednesday.<br /><br />The two men in their 30s accosted Jayamma, who was heading towards Kalasipalya after completing her day’s work.<br /><br />After convincing her that they were CID police they informed her that there was some violence in Kalasipalya. <br /><br />They asked her to remove her gold chain and hand it over to them, so that they could wrap it in a piece of paper and return the same. <br /><br />The two diverted Jayamma’s attention and returned the wrapped packet stuffed with waste paper and fled the scene, the police added.<br /></p>
