<p>Two gangsters chased their rivals in the middle of evening traffic and attacked them with swords before the Yelachenahalli metro station on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The police arrested Harshith Gowda (20), a resident of Raghuvanahalli on Kanakapura Road, and Sharan R (20), residing at Vodyerahalli on Kanakapura Road.</p>.<p>A motorist stuck in the slowing traffic captured the incident on his mobile phone.</p>.<p>DCP (South) K Annamalai said Gowda has two pending cases against him, including that of murder, while Sharan faces a mobile snatching charge. The police arrested and jailed the duo just three hours after the incident. They were produced before the magistrate and remanded in judicial custody. </p>.<p>The men injured in the incident were Mithun, Swaroop Krishna and Srikanth, all loaders of goods vehicles.</p>.<p>The police said the two men arrived at the Yelachenahalli metro station on a Honda Activa at 6.30 pm. On spotting their rival Mithun, Harshith — who also carried a weapon — got down from the bike and chased him. Mithun slipped and fell on the footpath as Harshith began attacking him. Krishna and Srikanth came to Mithun’s rescue.</p>.<p>The assailants threatened the passersby rushing to rescue the victims or capturing the incident. One of them reported the incident to the police control room, which dispatched a Hoysala patrol vehicle to the spot.</p>.<p>Passersby shared the video footage of the incident with the policemen, who shifted the injured men to hospital and later rounded up the attackers at a farmhouse in Subramanyapura. Harshith, a rowdy-sheeter in Subramanyapura, was sent to jail in 2017 for murdering fellow rowdy-sheeter Puneeth. He worked as a painter after coming out on bail.</p>.<p>Mithun said Harshith threatened him, recalling the way his brother Puneeth was killed. The police believe Harshith wanted Mithun to withdraw the murder allegations.</p>
<p>Two gangsters chased their rivals in the middle of evening traffic and attacked them with swords before the Yelachenahalli metro station on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The police arrested Harshith Gowda (20), a resident of Raghuvanahalli on Kanakapura Road, and Sharan R (20), residing at Vodyerahalli on Kanakapura Road.</p>.<p>A motorist stuck in the slowing traffic captured the incident on his mobile phone.</p>.<p>DCP (South) K Annamalai said Gowda has two pending cases against him, including that of murder, while Sharan faces a mobile snatching charge. The police arrested and jailed the duo just three hours after the incident. They were produced before the magistrate and remanded in judicial custody. </p>.<p>The men injured in the incident were Mithun, Swaroop Krishna and Srikanth, all loaders of goods vehicles.</p>.<p>The police said the two men arrived at the Yelachenahalli metro station on a Honda Activa at 6.30 pm. On spotting their rival Mithun, Harshith — who also carried a weapon — got down from the bike and chased him. Mithun slipped and fell on the footpath as Harshith began attacking him. Krishna and Srikanth came to Mithun’s rescue.</p>.<p>The assailants threatened the passersby rushing to rescue the victims or capturing the incident. One of them reported the incident to the police control room, which dispatched a Hoysala patrol vehicle to the spot.</p>.<p>Passersby shared the video footage of the incident with the policemen, who shifted the injured men to hospital and later rounded up the attackers at a farmhouse in Subramanyapura. Harshith, a rowdy-sheeter in Subramanyapura, was sent to jail in 2017 for murdering fellow rowdy-sheeter Puneeth. He worked as a painter after coming out on bail.</p>.<p>Mithun said Harshith threatened him, recalling the way his brother Puneeth was killed. The police believe Harshith wanted Mithun to withdraw the murder allegations.</p>
