JOIN USMan loses Rs 10 lakh to attention diverters
The incident took place around 3 pm on Suranjan Das Road, Jeevan Bhima Nagar.
Arvind, an employee of RNZ on Old Madras Road, told the police he was carrying Rs 10 lakh in cash to deposit it in his sister’s account in ICICI Bank on Richmond Road. The bank refused to accept the money without the account holder’s PAN card.
Arvind, a resident of Chalaghatta, later dropped his sister at her office on the Old Air Port Road and was driving through Suranjan Das Road when two bike-borne men overtook his SUV and told him the vehicle fuel tank was leaking.
Arvind got out to check the leak and minutes later, he found the cash bag missing from the navigator’s seat.
Police said the culprits, in their mid-thirties, were not wearing helmets and spoke in fluent Hindi. “This incident is not new. We have been constantly receiving such complaints. People are aware of attention-diverting conmen, but they still walk into their trap,” police officer told Deccan Herald.
Footage from CCTV cameras installed at the bank and outside is likely to help crack the case, police said.
MEG driver held
A pillion rider’s presence of mind has come in handy for the cops to nab a killer driver.
Ramesh, who was riding pillion with his colleague Chandrashekar on a motorbike, managed to click pictures of the army vehicle on his mobile phone, despite being in a state of shock after his co-worker had been mowed down.
Based on the snaps, police arrested Subbaiah, a native of Tamil Nadu and employed with the MEG and Centre, Ulsoor.
On Saturday evening, Ramesh and Chandrashekar were travelling on a motorcycle in front of the Vidhana Soudha. The military truck with Subbaiah at the wheel knocked down Chandrashekar, killing him on the spot. The truck vanished from the scene without the driver even lending a helping hand to the injured.
With the help of the pictures taken by Ramesh, police arrested Subbaiah. “I waited for a minute or two and when no one noticed the accident, I decided to leave the spot,” Subbaiah, who is out on bail, told the police.
Dowry death
Allegedly harassed for dowry, a 30-year-old housewife, Nagalakshmi, hanged herself to death on Sunday at her house on II Main, 5th Cross, Subramanyanagar.
Nagalaxmi’s husband Nagaraj, a cab driver, is absconding. The couple married six years ago and had no children. Nagalakshmi hails from Heboor in Kunigal taluk, Tumkur district. The victim’s brother told the police that Nagaraj, his parents and sister were constantly harassing Nagalakshmi for dowry.
Usurer arrested
The CCB police arrested an usurer and recovered bank cheques, blank stamp papers, rent agreement papers and other documents. Police gave the name of the suspect as Lingaraju (28) of RPC Layout in Vijaynagar.
The police arrested him near HP Petrol Bunk on First Main Road at Chandra Layout. He had lent money to small-time businessmen for 15 per cent interest.
House burgled
Thieves struck at a house in Seshadripuram on Sunday and fled with gold jewellery and other valuables worth more than Rs two lakh. The theft took place when Umashankar, a resident of Krishna Block, Seshadripuram, was away.