Bengaluru: Hotel manager assaulted by gang of auto rickshaw drivers
Police said manager has alleged that a group of ten auto-rickshaw drivers rudely told him to take out his bike parked near the auto-stand.
Bengaluru: In a shocking incident, a 42-year-old hotel manager was brutally assaulted by a gang of auto rickshaw drivers in Yelahanka following a dispute over parking space near Mother Diary Cross on Friday night. Police said that the victim has been identified as, Purandar Naidu, manager of Udupi Grand Hotel.
According to the police, the incident happened around 7.30 pm on Friday and came to light on Sunday after a section of electronic media played a video. Purandhar has filed a complaint against ten auto-drivers and Yelahanka New Town Police Station. A counter complaint has also been filed by Manjunath, an auto-driver, against Purandhar, the hotel owner and the employees at the same police station.
The entire incident was captured on the CCTV camera installed in the hotel. Police said that Purandhar has alleged that a group of ten auto-rickshaw drivers rudely told him to take out his bike parked near the auto-stand. They assaulted him and snatched away his gold chain, which they returned after the fight.
In his complaint Manjunath has alleged that Purandhar’s bike had blocked the movement of autos from the stand, when he was asked him to move his bike, Purandhar and the hotel employees used abusive language and assaulted them, added the police. Yelahnaka police have registered a case and begun investigation.
Cab driver knocked down in city
In two separate hit-and-run accidents, two pedestrians were knocked down by unknown vehicles accidents in Banaswadi and Seshadripuram traffic police limits on Sunday morning. A 24-year-old driver was crushed to death by a speeding vehicle near the forest office in Banaswadi early on Sunday morning. The deceased, Ranjeeth R., was a resident of Kempapura in Hebbal.
Ranjeeth had parked his car and was crossing the road near the forest office near HDFC Bank around 2 am. A rashly driven vehicle coming from Hennur direction and going towards Nagwara knocked him down and sped away.
Passersby alerted the police who visited the spot and shifted his body for the postmortem. A case was registered at the Banaswadi police station.