<p>An encounter killing and half a dozen firing incidents this year by police seem to have scared the daylights out of criminals.</p>.<p>A week after gangster Slum Bharath was gunned down, five history-sheeters have surrendered before the court. Several rowdies are also said to have fled the city, fearing similar encounter.</p>.<p>Slum Bharath's killing on February 27 was the first such incident in almost a decade when police eliminated a criminal in an encounter in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>Three of the five who have surrendered were Bharath's associates. The other two are aides of history-sheeter C D Narasimha. They are involved in about 15 cases including murder, attempt to murder and robbery.</p>.<p>The five had been absconding for years and the court had issued search warrants against them. All of them surrendered in a span of two days and will be taken into custody for interrogation, said N Shashikumar, DCP (north).</p>.<p>The surrendered are Madhu alias Slum Madhu, a co-accused in many cases involving Slum Bharath; Vinay Kumar, who is wanted in an attempt-to-murder case in Nandini Layout; Ajay alias Gajji, who is also involved in the same case (all three were associates of Bharath); Muniraju alias Kariya, who is involved in more than 10 cases; and Satish alias Ture, wanted in four cases.</p>
<p>An encounter killing and half a dozen firing incidents this year by police seem to have scared the daylights out of criminals.</p>.<p>A week after gangster Slum Bharath was gunned down, five history-sheeters have surrendered before the court. Several rowdies are also said to have fled the city, fearing similar encounter.</p>.<p>Slum Bharath's killing on February 27 was the first such incident in almost a decade when police eliminated a criminal in an encounter in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>Three of the five who have surrendered were Bharath's associates. The other two are aides of history-sheeter C D Narasimha. They are involved in about 15 cases including murder, attempt to murder and robbery.</p>.<p>The five had been absconding for years and the court had issued search warrants against them. All of them surrendered in a span of two days and will be taken into custody for interrogation, said N Shashikumar, DCP (north).</p>.<p>The surrendered are Madhu alias Slum Madhu, a co-accused in many cases involving Slum Bharath; Vinay Kumar, who is wanted in an attempt-to-murder case in Nandini Layout; Ajay alias Gajji, who is also involved in the same case (all three were associates of Bharath); Muniraju alias Kariya, who is involved in more than 10 cases; and Satish alias Ture, wanted in four cases.</p>
