<p>Bengaluru: Police have arrested six people for attacking an activist with bill-hook machetes in western Bengaluru’s Kengeri over an RTI application. </p>.<p>The suspects have been identified as Manish Mohan Poojari, 28, Shashi Kumar Reddy, 20, Krishna, 30, Satish, 44, Venugopal alias Kumaraswamy, 51, and Govindaraju KG. </p>.<p>Police said Nagaraj K had filed an RTI application over alleged land encroachment in Kumbalagodu by Govindaraju, which sparked a clash between them and led to the attack on the former. </p>.Man dies of stab wounds in Bengaluru, day after spat with lover’s family.<p>Police said that while the two decided to cease hostilities, Govindaraj later changed his mind and decided to eliminate Nagaraj. He hired Krishna, a rowdy from Chandra Layout, to do the job. </p>.<p>Krishna roped in four more men and plotted the attack after watching Nagaraj’s routine for nearly five days. </p>.<p>Police sources said that on February 29, at around 1 pm, when the activist was returning from a physiotherapy session, two bike-borne assailants attacked him. </p>.<p>When Krishna approached the railway underpass near Kengeri, two men, who tailed him for at least 500 meters, accosted him and swung a bill-hook machete at him. Krishna suffered a deep cut to his back but immediately took a U-turn and fled the scene, according to the complaint filed by <br>the activist. </p>.<p>Police swiftly acted on the complaint and arrested all <br>the suspects. </p>.<p>An FIR has been filed at Kengeri police station under IPC sections 307 (attempted murder), 341 (wrongful restraint), 504 ( Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation). </p>
<p>Bengaluru: Police have arrested six people for attacking an activist with bill-hook machetes in western Bengaluru’s Kengeri over an RTI application. </p>.<p>The suspects have been identified as Manish Mohan Poojari, 28, Shashi Kumar Reddy, 20, Krishna, 30, Satish, 44, Venugopal alias Kumaraswamy, 51, and Govindaraju KG. </p>.<p>Police said Nagaraj K had filed an RTI application over alleged land encroachment in Kumbalagodu by Govindaraju, which sparked a clash between them and led to the attack on the former. </p>.Man dies of stab wounds in Bengaluru, day after spat with lover’s family.<p>Police said that while the two decided to cease hostilities, Govindaraj later changed his mind and decided to eliminate Nagaraj. He hired Krishna, a rowdy from Chandra Layout, to do the job. </p>.<p>Krishna roped in four more men and plotted the attack after watching Nagaraj’s routine for nearly five days. </p>.<p>Police sources said that on February 29, at around 1 pm, when the activist was returning from a physiotherapy session, two bike-borne assailants attacked him. </p>.<p>When Krishna approached the railway underpass near Kengeri, two men, who tailed him for at least 500 meters, accosted him and swung a bill-hook machete at him. Krishna suffered a deep cut to his back but immediately took a U-turn and fled the scene, according to the complaint filed by <br>the activist. </p>.<p>Police swiftly acted on the complaint and arrested all <br>the suspects. </p>.<p>An FIR has been filed at Kengeri police station under IPC sections 307 (attempted murder), 341 (wrongful restraint), 504 ( Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation). </p>