Assault on aged women case: Five Bajrang Dal workers held
Sakaleshpura, February 7: Local police on Thursday arrested five members of the Bajrang Dal on charges of assaulting two aged women and setting their tents on fire alleging that they were preparing beef food.
All the five were on Thursday produced before the court.
The arrested accused have been identified as Prathap, Ravi, Raghu, Karthik and Chethan. While the main accused Jeevan is still absconding.
A total eight Bajrang Dal workers assaulted two women Khamarunnisa (70) and Shamshad (70) of Balegadde in the town who have been running their business for the last 40 years on Sandy ground in a tent, alleging that they have been preparing beef food the Bajrang Dal member set their tents on fire and assaulted them by pouring hot sambar on them while also threatening to kill them if they continued their profession.
A case was later registered at the police station, followed by the arrest of five on Thursday.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
