<p>The Rajagopalnagar police in the north division have arrested 12 people, including two women, for helping history-sheeter Slum Bharath escape. The arrested people are associates of Bharath, recently killed in an encounter, and are involved in various criminal activities.</p>.<p>The police identified the arrested as Byraveshwara Nagar resident Siddaraju alias Bagalagunte Sidda (25); Madhu alias Slum Madhu (27) from Lava Kusha Nagar; Rajagopalnagar residents Narasimha alias Tammaiah (37), Shantha Kumar alias Gym Shanth (27), and Ravi (30); Peenya resident Rudresh (36); Laggere resident Shivarama (33); Sandeep Gowda (31) from Hassan district; Shankar (29) from Kunigal taluk; Byatarayanapura resident Chandan (28); Mala (38) from Agrahara Dasarahalli; and Pooja (28) from Srinagar.</p>.<p>A few of the arrested people had recently attacked the police to help Bharath escape at the Peenya police station limits. The police killed Bharath in the ensuing encounter.</p>.<p>Siddaraju and Madhu are history-sheeters at the Rajagopalnagar police station.</p>.<p>“The arrested men had an organised gang involved in murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, assaulting policemen and other heinous crimes. Some of them are also involved in real-estate business,” said N Shashi Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North).</p>.<p>After Bharath was encountered, some of his associates surrendered, fearing police encounter.</p>.<p>All of them are in judicial custody.</p>
<p>The Rajagopalnagar police in the north division have arrested 12 people, including two women, for helping history-sheeter Slum Bharath escape. The arrested people are associates of Bharath, recently killed in an encounter, and are involved in various criminal activities.</p>.<p>The police identified the arrested as Byraveshwara Nagar resident Siddaraju alias Bagalagunte Sidda (25); Madhu alias Slum Madhu (27) from Lava Kusha Nagar; Rajagopalnagar residents Narasimha alias Tammaiah (37), Shantha Kumar alias Gym Shanth (27), and Ravi (30); Peenya resident Rudresh (36); Laggere resident Shivarama (33); Sandeep Gowda (31) from Hassan district; Shankar (29) from Kunigal taluk; Byatarayanapura resident Chandan (28); Mala (38) from Agrahara Dasarahalli; and Pooja (28) from Srinagar.</p>.<p>A few of the arrested people had recently attacked the police to help Bharath escape at the Peenya police station limits. The police killed Bharath in the ensuing encounter.</p>.<p>Siddaraju and Madhu are history-sheeters at the Rajagopalnagar police station.</p>.<p>“The arrested men had an organised gang involved in murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, assaulting policemen and other heinous crimes. Some of them are also involved in real-estate business,” said N Shashi Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North).</p>.<p>After Bharath was encountered, some of his associates surrendered, fearing police encounter.</p>.<p>All of them are in judicial custody.</p>
