Guard run over on way home after work

A 55-year security guard was run over by a two-wheeler while crossing the Mylasandra junction in western Bengaluru on Tuesday morning.

Somegowda, a native of Ambalahalli Doddi village in Channapatna taluk, was walking to the railway station when the motorcyclist knocked him down around 6 am. He sustained grievous head injuries and was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.

Somegowda would travel to Bengaluru by train for work. At the time of the accident, he was returning home after working the night shift.

The jurisdictional Kengeri police said they had arrested the motorcyclist, identified as Venkatesh, a resident of Rajarajeshwari Nagar. He works at a hotel in Bidadi and was on the way to work when the accident occurred.