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Sunday, May 07, 2006

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Realtor hacked to death

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: A real estate agent was hacked to death by an armed gang in MICO Layout police station limits on Saturday.

The police said that around 9.30 a.m. Ignatius Raja (35), the real estate agent, was having tea at a shop on 4th Cross, 4th Main, Vijaya Bank Colony, off Bannerghatta Road. Around five persons, who came in a multi-utility vehicle, attacked Raja with swords and choppers and sped away.

An injured Raja, who was rushed to a private hospital, died there around 11 a.m. Raja was a resident of Begur. The police suspect that he was murdered over a real estate deal.

The MICO Layout police have registered a case.

Hospital targeted

A group of villagers from Samethanahalli, who came by two tempos, pelted stones at a hospital, beat up its staff, including doctors, following the death of a woman, who had a caesarean section there.

The police said Vinoda had a caesarean section at Pushpa Hospital in Whitefield on April 28.

Subsequently, she developed complications and was taken to St. John's Hospital.

There the doctors reportedly told the father of the woman that her intestines had got damaged during the operation, leading to complications. The woman died on Saturday morning.

Angered by this, the villagers targeted the hospital and the doctors.

They left the place only after getting a compensation of Rs. 5 lakh from the hospital. The villagers did not lodge a police complaint.

Dr. Thyagaraj of the hospital has lodged a complaint with the Whitefield police.

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