The complainant Umang, a resident of MSR Nagar, was accompanying his friend Ananth to his home. A gang of around 20 youths, aged between 20 and 25, who came on bikes, accosted the victims on Sankey Road near Suvirath Apartment.
They threatened the victims at knifepoints and hit them with helmets. One of the suspects hit the complainant’s left hand with a knife. They snatched the victim’s two bags and cellphones worth around Rs 30,000 and absconded.
In another incident in J P Nagar, an unidentified person stopped a couple, attacked them with a stick, robbed their Rs 50,000 and a gold chain and fled. The incident took place when Yeddyurappa and his wife were moving towards a bus stop. Yeddyurappa wanted to accompany his wife till the bus stop as she had to go to her native place. The suspect waylaid them on J P Nagar 7th phase, and hit them with a stick. The victims were injured in the incident.
(Published 28 August 2011, 18:13 IST)