Bengaluru: Gang of 7 held for dacoity
The police have recovered property worth Rs 23 lakh, including 750 gm of jewellery.
BENGALURU: The Nelamangala police arrested a gang of seven people, including the son of a police sub-inspector, on charges of allegedly barging into the house of a gram panchayat member and committing dacoity.
Vishwanath, 31, Prasad, 31, Manjesh Chandra, 35, Budesh Gowda, 44, Sureshbabu, 28, Ashwath, 23, and Ramesh, 42, all residents of Nelamangala, are the arrested. Among the accused, Vishwanath, an engineering graduate and unemployed, is the son of a police sub-inspector working in a city police station.
The incident was reported at Honnayyanapalya in Nelamangala on February 1. The arrested broke into the house and threatened the wife of the gram panchayat member at gun point before escaping with gold jewellery, cash and other valuables. The police have recovered property worth Rs 23 lakh, including 750 gm of jewellery.