A 50-year-old man died on the spot in a hit-and-run accident on National Highway 4 at Kunigal Circle bypass in Nelamangala, 35 kilometres north of Bengaluru, on Friday morning.
Jayaram Lakshmaya was riding a motorcycle to Chikkanayakanahalli to attend a funeral when an unidentified vehicle knocked him down around 7.30 am, police said. He was wearing helmet but the collision was so severe that it ripped his head.
Police said they were searching for eyewitnesses as no CCTV cameras were installed near the accident spot. Jayaram’s brother Thammaiah has filed a complaint at the Nelamangala traffic police station.
2 held for stealing
The Parappana Agrahara police have arrested two men on charge of stealing batteries and other equipment from a newly installed Reliance Jio tower.
The arrested are Rajashekar and Vasanth Kumar. Police have recovered a cell tower router worth Rs 83 lakh, other equipment and a Tata Indica Vista car from them.
The jurisdictional police said the duo have confessed to similar offences in Parappana Agrahara, Hennur, Ramamurthynagar, KR Puram, Mahadevapura, Peenya and other areas.
As many as 21 cases have been registered against the duo at various police stations across the city. Both of them were produced before a magistrate and were remanded in judicial custody, police added.
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