<p>Discord over sharing the spoils of pickpocketing resulted in a murder at Cottonpet, Central Bengaluru, on Friday. <br /><br />Ajith, of Anjanappa Garden, is suspected to have been murdered by two of his childhood friends and fellow pickpockets around 8.30 am, police said. <br /><br />Aravind and Gunda went to Ajith’s house and found him loitering outside.<br /><br />They attacked him in the leg with a dagger before absconding. Ajith was taken to Victoria Hospital where he died around 7.30 pm as one of the veins was slashed in the attack. <br /><br />A senior police officer said the three men used to pick the pockets in the busy Majestic area.<br /><br />Ajith had assaulted his friends six months ago over sharing the spoils. The duo ganged up and vowed revenge. <br /><br />“There are leads that the suspects are hiding in Tamil Nadu. Our team will soon go to Tamil Nadu and catch them,” the officer added.<br /><br />Hotel worker killed<br /><br />A gang of three fatally stabbed a 39-year-old man at Ramaiah Layout in Banaswadi, East Bengaluru, on Friday night.<br /><br />Three men on a motorcycle waylaid Sanjay Tamang as he walked home around 11.30 pm.<br /><br />They stabbed him repeatedly and crushed his head with an iron rod before speeding off, said the inspector of the jurisdictional Banaswadi police station. <br /><br />Tamang died instantly from the grievous wounds. Local residents saw him lying on the road and called the police, he added. <br /><br />“We are verifying the CCTV footage of the locality. We have picked up a few workers of the hotel for questioning,” the inspector said.<br /><br />Tamang hailed from Assam and had moved down to Bengaluru just six months ago in search of a job.<br /><br />He started working at a hotel at Ramaiah Layout and lived in a rented house in Kammanahalli along with 12 of his co-workers.</p>
<p>Discord over sharing the spoils of pickpocketing resulted in a murder at Cottonpet, Central Bengaluru, on Friday. <br /><br />Ajith, of Anjanappa Garden, is suspected to have been murdered by two of his childhood friends and fellow pickpockets around 8.30 am, police said. <br /><br />Aravind and Gunda went to Ajith’s house and found him loitering outside.<br /><br />They attacked him in the leg with a dagger before absconding. Ajith was taken to Victoria Hospital where he died around 7.30 pm as one of the veins was slashed in the attack. <br /><br />A senior police officer said the three men used to pick the pockets in the busy Majestic area.<br /><br />Ajith had assaulted his friends six months ago over sharing the spoils. The duo ganged up and vowed revenge. <br /><br />“There are leads that the suspects are hiding in Tamil Nadu. Our team will soon go to Tamil Nadu and catch them,” the officer added.<br /><br />Hotel worker killed<br /><br />A gang of three fatally stabbed a 39-year-old man at Ramaiah Layout in Banaswadi, East Bengaluru, on Friday night.<br /><br />Three men on a motorcycle waylaid Sanjay Tamang as he walked home around 11.30 pm.<br /><br />They stabbed him repeatedly and crushed his head with an iron rod before speeding off, said the inspector of the jurisdictional Banaswadi police station. <br /><br />Tamang died instantly from the grievous wounds. Local residents saw him lying on the road and called the police, he added. <br /><br />“We are verifying the CCTV footage of the locality. We have picked up a few workers of the hotel for questioning,” the inspector said.<br /><br />Tamang hailed from Assam and had moved down to Bengaluru just six months ago in search of a job.<br /><br />He started working at a hotel at Ramaiah Layout and lived in a rented house in Kammanahalli along with 12 of his co-workers.</p>
