Bengaluru: Inebriated biker arrested after scaring family, damaging car
Bengaluru, Aug 20: A biker, in an inebriated state, who had created a scare for a couple with their baby and damaged their car in the city on Monday night has been arrested, police said.
According to police, the accused has been identified as Naveen Reddy (26), a bouncer in a pub in Koramangala.
Police said the incident occurred at Doddakannahalli Junction. Reddy intercepted the car in which the couple was travelling with a child.
The entire incident was filmed and has gone viral. In the video, the couple is heard screaming for help and telling the biker that they have a baby with them.
The biker damaged the wiper of the car and attempted to break the windshield as well.
The passersby who saw the ruckus on the road, caught Reddy and handed him over to the police.
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What's happening on Sarjapur Road? A family in car is being attacked by bike brone assailants! Please help!
The incident happened at 10:30pm at street 1522, Doddakannelli Junction! The couple just reached police station! #crime #Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/qjDI51Tqb4
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Railway lines as fence could cut cost of barricading to curb man-elephant conflicts: MP Wadiyar
Bengaluru, Sept 17: MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has suggested that to bring down the exorbitant cost barricading – estimated to cost around Rs 1.3 to Rs 1.5 crore per kilometre – railway lines could be used to construct fences on Tuesday.
Wadiyar took to X to share the letter he had sent to Union Environment Forest & Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav.
Stating that “railway (lines) barricading” is proving to be an effective way to restrict the movement of elephants, he suggested that this should be taken up on a large scale.
“Upon consultation with the relevant authorities, it has come to my understanding that the cost of barricading per kilometre comes to Rs 1.3 crore to Rs 1.5 crore. Given that the border of the forests in my constituency stretches to over 400 km, with around 280 km of forest border requiring immediate barricading, the cost of such an exercise will reach Rs 350 crore to Rs 400 crore,” he wrote in his letter.
He said the environment ministry could make a direct request with the railway ministry for an allocation of railway lines, thus reducing the cost of the project to just that of labour cost.
“The benefits of this initiative are manifold, from reduction of human casualties, protection of property and livelihood, to conservation of elephants and, most importantly, promoting human-elephant coexistence, which is the need of the hour,” he added.
Working towards safer coexistence in Mysore-Kodagu! Submitted proposal to Union Environment Forest & Climate change Minister Shri Bhupendra Yadav Ji for railway barricading to reduce elephant-human conflicts. pic.twitter.com/VjOWIF1TTC
— Yaduveer Wadiyar (@yaduveerwadiyar) September 17, 2024
