<p>The Banaswadi police on Wednesday arrested three persons, including an usurer, for allegedly extorting money from traders.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The police arrested Venkataram Reddy, Manjunath Reddy and Jagadish and seized a sports utility vehicle, 75 blank cheques bearing only signatures, 34 blank stamp papers bearing signatures, six auto-rickshaws and documents relating to land.<br /><br />Venkataram Reddy, a native of Kodihalli, runs a dairy farm and also lends money for interest. He later roped in Manjunath Reddy and Jagadish into the lending business.<br />Rowdies’ houses raided<br /><br />The Central Division Police early Thursday morning raided houses of several rowdy-sheeters in the City.<br /><br />As many as 35 rowdies were taken into custody for interrogation. The police raided houses at Ashoknagar, Wilson Garden, S R Nagar, Viveknagar, Vyalikaval, S J Park and Seshadripuram. <br /><br />Those taken into police custody were Khaleel, Mubarak Ali, Lingaraju, Mahalinga, Noor, Ayyappa and Suresh.</p>
<p>The Banaswadi police on Wednesday arrested three persons, including an usurer, for allegedly extorting money from traders.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The police arrested Venkataram Reddy, Manjunath Reddy and Jagadish and seized a sports utility vehicle, 75 blank cheques bearing only signatures, 34 blank stamp papers bearing signatures, six auto-rickshaws and documents relating to land.<br /><br />Venkataram Reddy, a native of Kodihalli, runs a dairy farm and also lends money for interest. He later roped in Manjunath Reddy and Jagadish into the lending business.<br />Rowdies’ houses raided<br /><br />The Central Division Police early Thursday morning raided houses of several rowdy-sheeters in the City.<br /><br />As many as 35 rowdies were taken into custody for interrogation. The police raided houses at Ashoknagar, Wilson Garden, S R Nagar, Viveknagar, Vyalikaval, S J Park and Seshadripuram. <br /><br />Those taken into police custody were Khaleel, Mubarak Ali, Lingaraju, Mahalinga, Noor, Ayyappa and Suresh.</p>
