Chinese national injured while resisting robbery

A Chinese national sustained a deep gash on his face when a gang of five slashed his face with a knife after he resisted their robbery bid in Indiranagar on Saturday night.

The police have arrested the suspects - Mani (23), Manikantha (20), Vijay (22), Arun Kiran (20) and Sharath (25).  All the five are habitual offenders and have cases against them for mobile snatchings. The victim has identified all the suspects, the police said. According to police, the victim identified as Yan had come to the city on a business trip, and was waiting for a cab near an ice-cream shop in Indiranagar. A five-member gang confronted him and demanded his valuables at  knifepoint. When Yan resisted, they attacked him with knife slashing his face before fleeing from the spot after a few passersby rushed to his help. A Hoysala patrol vehicle rushed to the spot and shifted the victim to a hospital.

The police said the suspects wanted to snatch the victim’s mobile phone. The Indiranagar police, based on the CCTV fo­ot­age, arrested the gang of five and seized a two-wheeler from them used for the crime. The jurisdictional police have registered a case of attempt to robbery and dacoity, and investigations are under way.