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Tuesday, Apr 27, 2004

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Three held on charge of blackmailing, robbing astrologer

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, APRIL 26. The Jayanagar police on Sunday arrested the editor of a Kannada weekly and two others on the charge of blackmailing an astrologer and robbing him of gold ornaments and Rs. 65,000 in cash.

The police gave the names of those arrested as T. Shivakumar (37), editor of Kannu and resident of Basaveshwaranagar, Rajendra Prasad (28) of Nagarabavi Main Road, and Mohan Kumar (21) of Pattegarpalya.

The police said Shivakumar, Ravi, editor of Parivala, a Kannada weekly, and their associates allegedly took a woman to the house of H.S. Nagesh, an astrologer, at Sahakambarinagar on April 11. They allegedly stripped Mr. Nagesh and the woman, took their photographs, and robbed Mr. Nagesh of gold ornaments and cash, the police said. Later, the accused allegedly threatened Mr. Nagesh that the photographs would be published in newspapers and shown on television if he did not pay them Rs. 2 lakh, the police said.

After Mr. Nagesh filed a complaint in the Jayanagar police station on April 23, the accused were arrested and a car and two motorcycles seized from them. The police are on the lookout for the other accused.

Two cases of murder: A 48-year-old man was murdered, allegedly by his relatives, at his Maruthinagar residence in the Hebbal police station limits on Monday evening. The murder victim, Muniraju, was said to be a drunkard who quarrelled with his relatives.

On Monday, some persons beat him to death with a log when he returned home. Chand Pasha allegedly stabbed Madhava (28) to death following a drunken brawl in the Upparpet police station limits on Sunday night, the police said. Madhava sold cucumbers for a living. Pasha, who works in a bicycle shop, has been arrested.

Arrested on theft charge: The Upparpet police arrested Abbai alias Venkatappa (27) of Chittoor district in Andhra Pradesh and recovered from him Rs. 86,000 that he had allegedly stolen from his employer's firm on K.G. Road here.

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