BANGALORE: The production manager of an Australian daily and his father were robbed of gold ornaments worth Rs. 2 lakh and $ 200 at knifepoint allegedly by an autorickshaw driver and his two accomplices in Magadi Road police station limits on Thursday night.

The police said Mahalinga Swamy, a Bangalorean who works as production manger of Daily Telegraph in Sydney, had come to the city to visit his parents, who stay in Basaveshwaranagar.

On Thursday evening, Swamy and his father Veerappa, a retired BDA surveyor, went to a jewellery shop on Richmond Road and purchased gold ornaments. Around 7.30 p.m. as it was raining, they took an autorickshaw to reach home.

However, on reaching Rajajinagar entrance, the driver took a wrong route, proceeding towards 6th Block, Rajajinagar and stopped the autorickshaw near Dasashrama, where his two accomplices were waiting. The driver and his two accomplices threatened Swamy and Veerappa with a knife and robbed them of the gold ornaments they had purchased.

They also relieved Swamy of a gold chain and a bracelet and $ 200, the police said. On a complaint by Swamy, the Magadi Road police have registered a case.

Man murdered

Shiva Kumar (26), a resident of Vijayanagar Pipeline, was stabbed to death by a six-member gang in Magadi Road police station limits on Thursday.

The police said the incident occurred around 11.30 p.m. when Shiva Kumar and his friends were walking near a playground in Cholurpalya.

Another group led by Arun confronted Shiva Kumar and picked a quarrel with him over a financial matter.

After a heated exchange, Arun and his accomplices allegedly stabbed Shiva Kumar in the abdomen with a knife and wounded him on the face.

An injured Shiva Kumar died on the way to hospital, the police said. Shiva Kumar's friend Chetan was injured when the rival gang attacked him, the police said.

The Magadi Road police, who have registered a case, have arrested Arun. They are on the lookout for the other accused.

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