Karnataka - Bangalore   

Driver robbed near GPO

Bangalore: A car driver was robbed of his cash near General Post Office (GPO) Circle on Friday night. The police gave the name of Lokanath, a resident of Kyathamaranahalli, as the victim.

The police said that Lokanath was returning home after dropping a passenger at the airport when the incident occurred. When he arrived at the GPO Circle, three persons who were riding two motorcycles stopped him and threatened him at a knifepoint and made away with Rs. 1,500 in cash. Cubbon Park police have registered a case.

In two incidents in the same locality, burglars made away with mobile phones and cash from two different houses in Mathikere, SBM Colony on Friday.

In one of the incidents, burglars gained entrance into a house belonging to Baba Khalandar, a techie, and made away with a mobile phone and cash.

The police said that Mr. Khalandar was sleeping at his residence in 4th Cross, SBM Colony, keeping the doors open. The burglars made away with a mobile phone and Rs. 8,000 in cash.

In another incident, burglars made away with Rs. 1,000 in cash and a cellphone from a house located in 2nd Cross, SBM Colony. The police said the burglars cut the window grills when Raghunath was asleep and made away with cash and a mobile phone.

An elderly woman was robbed of her chain by two persons on Friday.

The police said that Shakunthala (65), a resident of Nagarabhavi, was returning home after visiting a Hanuman temple. Two persons who were riding a motorcycle snatched her gold chain estimated at Rs. 16,000 and fled in their motorcycle.

A 42-year-old cook committed suicide by hanging himself to the ceiling at a residence in Jayanagar IV Block on Saturday moring. The police gave the name of the deceased as Ravi.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Stories in this Section

Drama workshop
Hindi-Kannada bhai bhai
Arrested for murder
Accident hits traffic for hours Crime notes
Centre targeted for price rise
JD(S), SP collaborating with Congress, says Venkaiah
Congress announces first list
BSP is a formidable force, asserts Sindhia
Cash, election material seized
A manifesto for the people
Bangaloreans keen on keeping Lalbagh clean
Four-year-old dies in fire CriMe NOTES
Driver robbed near GPO
Police team carrying on its own campaign
BDA implements RTI Rules amendment
Election fever missing
‘CET physics paper was tough’
Procession disrupts traffic
Bangalore today

Copyright © 2008, The Hindu. Republication or redissemination of the contents of this screen are expressly prohibited without the written consent of The Hindu