<p>The incident took place on February 24 and efforts of the police in tracing the accused - Nagesh, the Police Sub-Inspector, S Kumar, Nagegowda, Basavannaiah, Govindaiah and Ravi, all constables - have yielded no results so far.<br /><br />The Corps of Detectives has issued a press release declaring cash award to those helping in tracing the absconding.<br /><br />History<br /><br />Thimme Gowda, engaged in sand business in KR Pet had loaded a tractor with sand on February 12 and directed his workers - Bhaskar, Ramesh, Indresh, Yogesh and Ramesh- to unload sand at a specified location. <br /><br />The workers, after travelling some distance, halted on the bank of river Hemavathi and decided to continue the journey next day. <br /><br />However, one of workers, Bhaskar, was missing in the morning and they brought the matter to the notice of Thimme Gowda. <br /><br />Search in vain<br /><br />The family members of Bhaskar were also alerted. A missing complaint was lodged after two days of search went in vain.<br /><br />Since there was hardly any progress in the investigation, Bhaskar’s family members staged a protest in front of the police station. <br /><br />5 persons taken to custody<br /><br />The Police Sub-Inspector took five persons, including four workers and Thimme Gowda’s son Dhananjay for questioning and allegedly beat them up in the station. <br /><br />Dhananjay told them that Bhaskar fell down while travelling and was killed on the spot and the body buried on the river bank at Akkihalli.<br /><br />The accused took him to the bank and directed him to show the place where Bhaskar was buried. <br /><br />Dhananjay told that he was forced to lie just to escape from the physical torture. He collapsed after the police allegedly beat him up. <br /><br />The police took him to a hospital in Akki Hebbal where he was declared brought dead. The accused shifted the body to mortuary and went to the station. <br /><br />All the six police officers are absconding since then. Even family members of the accused have no clue about whereabouts of the accused.</p>
<p>The incident took place on February 24 and efforts of the police in tracing the accused - Nagesh, the Police Sub-Inspector, S Kumar, Nagegowda, Basavannaiah, Govindaiah and Ravi, all constables - have yielded no results so far.<br /><br />The Corps of Detectives has issued a press release declaring cash award to those helping in tracing the absconding.<br /><br />History<br /><br />Thimme Gowda, engaged in sand business in KR Pet had loaded a tractor with sand on February 12 and directed his workers - Bhaskar, Ramesh, Indresh, Yogesh and Ramesh- to unload sand at a specified location. <br /><br />The workers, after travelling some distance, halted on the bank of river Hemavathi and decided to continue the journey next day. <br /><br />However, one of workers, Bhaskar, was missing in the morning and they brought the matter to the notice of Thimme Gowda. <br /><br />Search in vain<br /><br />The family members of Bhaskar were also alerted. A missing complaint was lodged after two days of search went in vain.<br /><br />Since there was hardly any progress in the investigation, Bhaskar’s family members staged a protest in front of the police station. <br /><br />5 persons taken to custody<br /><br />The Police Sub-Inspector took five persons, including four workers and Thimme Gowda’s son Dhananjay for questioning and allegedly beat them up in the station. <br /><br />Dhananjay told them that Bhaskar fell down while travelling and was killed on the spot and the body buried on the river bank at Akkihalli.<br /><br />The accused took him to the bank and directed him to show the place where Bhaskar was buried. <br /><br />Dhananjay told that he was forced to lie just to escape from the physical torture. He collapsed after the police allegedly beat him up. <br /><br />The police took him to a hospital in Akki Hebbal where he was declared brought dead. The accused shifted the body to mortuary and went to the station. <br /><br />All the six police officers are absconding since then. Even family members of the accused have no clue about whereabouts of the accused.</p>
