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Tuesday, Jun 13, 2006

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Three injured as gangs clash

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Three youths were injured in a clash between two gangs at Agrahara Dasarahalli in Kamakshipalya police station limits on Sunday.

One of the injured, Muddasar (20), who was stabbed in the abdomen, is in hospital. His condition is said to be "out of danger". An eve-teasing incident resulted in the clash, the police said.

Around 6.30 p.m. a gang led by Kothi Manja made Rohit, a resident of 9th Main, Agrahara Dasarahalli, come out of his house. The gang allegedly attacked him with cricket stumps, injuring him on the head.

Within a few minutes, Rohit, a B.Com student and son of a realtor, and his friends attacked their rivals with knives and other weapons, injuring Muddasar and Naveen, the police said.

The Kamakshipalya police, who have registered cases filed by the two gangs, have arrested Kothi Manja, Rohit and five others. The members of the two gangs are residents of Agrahara Dasarahalli and they are all aged between 19 and 21, according to the police.

Murdered

A woman was found murdered in her agricultural field at Nelaguni village in Thalghatpura police station limits in Bangalore Rural district on Monday.

The police gave her name as Siddamma (50), a widow and a resident of Nelaguni. She had been strangled to death, probably on Sunday, the police said. The motive is not known. The Thalghatpura police have registered a case.

Assaulted

Three armed men attacked an employee, Kapinaiah (50), of the Government Printing Press, injuring him in his hands and legs, in Basaveshwaranagar police station limits on Monday.

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