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Gang of 6 from Bengaluru arrested for highway robbery in Uppinangady

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August 7, 2016

waylayMangaluru, Aug 7: A gang of six from Peenya in Bengaluru have been arrested by Dakshina Kannada police in a case of highway robbery reported at Panjala in Uppinangady on Saturday.

The arrested are identified as Dinesh Kumar, 24, Pradeep, 22, Nagaraj, 26, Sanjeev Kumar, 22, Gautham, 19 and Shivaram, 27, the driver of a SUV. The gang had waylaid the bike and robbed money from a businessman on Saturday.

Police sources said the incident occurred at around 9.45pm when when Abdul Kareem, a resident of Uppinangady, was returning home after closing down his bakery. The gang waylaid his bike and robbed him of Rs 20,000 and documents.

Kareem immediately informed Uppinangady police station. Soon after receiving the complaint from Kareem, the police sent alert message to the outpost unit.

The police team succeeded in arresting the accused in 15 minutes, sources said adding that the gang has several cases against them in Tavarekere, Ramnagar and Baiyappanahalli in Bengaluru.

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N S Mohammed
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Monday, 8 Aug 2016

Good job by cops. Timely action resulted in catching culprit within minutes. Great.

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March 25,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 25: Bengaluru Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao on Wednesday called a meeting of online, e-commerce food, medicine, groceries or animal products delivery aggregators at his office in wake of situation arising out of lockdown imposed in the entire country due to coronavirus epidemic.

The Police Commissioner has appealed one representative from each agency to join him in the meeting at 7 pm.

"I have called a meeting of online, e-commerce food, medicine, groceries, vegetables/fruits or animal products delivery aggregators today at 7 pm at my office at Infantry Road, Bengaluru," said Rao.

"One representative from each agency may please come. We promise all cooperation, please come," he said.
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