JOIN US A woman was killed while her husband sustained injuries when a private bus rammed the bike they were riding on, on Bannerghatta Main Road on Monday.
According to police, Sumangala, 33, a resident of Hulimavu, was a security guard with a IT firm and the accident occurred when she was on her way to work with her husband Sripad on a two-wheeler.
A speeding bus rammed the bike from behind as a result of which Sumangala fell down and came under the wheels of the bus.
She was killed on the spot. The driver of the bus fled the spot abandoning the vehicle. Sripad sustained grievous injuries in the accident. Mico Layout traffic police have registered a case.
Pedestrian killed
A 30-year-old woman labourer was mowed down by a vehicle when she was crossing the road near Konappana Agrahara Sunday night.
Police gave the name of the dead as Yellamma, a resident of Rayasandra. Electronics City police have registered a case.
Rowdy aides arrested
Acting on a tip-off, officers of the CCB Organised Crime Wing raided a property on Uttarahalli BBMP Main Road and arrested seven associates of notorious rowdy Korangu Krishna.
The arrested are Sujay Bhargav alias Suji, 26, Pradeep, 30, Jayaram alias Jayi, 25, Sanjeevmurthi alias Sanjeeva, 30, Mutturaj alias Muttu, 32 — all hailing from Tumkur.
Also, D Ashok alias Guttalli Ashok, 26, and N Manjunath alias Manja, 27, both from the City, were arrested. The police have confiscated lethal weapons, six mobile phones, a car and a motorbike from them. Investigations revealed that the gang was planning to murder Ravi alias Gadda Ravi and Kantharaj, rowdies in a rival gang.
Police said Bhargav had a murder case and two attempted murder cases against him in Tumkur and Kengeri. Pradeep has five robbery cases against him in Tumkur and Ashok has a murder and two attempted dacoity cases against him in the City.
Drug peddler held
Acting on a tip-off that some men were selling ganja in B K Nagar, the Yeshwantpur police raided a property in B K Nagar and arrested Mubarak, 35, a resident of Sharifa Nagar.
The police have confiscated 1.2 kg of ganja worth about Rs 50,000 from the arrested. Mubarak was allegedly selling ganja in packets of 25 grams each. The police have confiscated 48 such packets from him. Police have also recovered a car from the arrested.
His mother, Farida, was also recently arrested by the Yeshwantpur police for peddling ganja. The mother-son duo was bringing in ganja through their relatives in Kolar and Andhra Pradesh and were selling them to college students and labourers in the City.
Juvenile ‘detained’
A 17-year-old juvenile has been allegedly detained by the Railway police since January 26, accusing him of being a robber.
Global Concerns India and Sichrem, two organisations working on human rights issues, on Monday took up the matter with the police and have lodged a complaint with Karnataka State Human Rights Commission.
“They cannot lodge a juvenile in a station, they are supposed to keep him/her at an observation home. However, the police have kept the boy at the station since January 26, despite there being no official complaint or a first information report,” Manohar, a member of Sichrem said.
The boy, hailing from Bihar, used to sell mobile phone pouches. On January 14, he had visited Vijayawada and returned to Bangalore on January 26, when he was detained by the police.