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Saris, liquor seized

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: The police, on Wednesday, raided two places in the city and seized saris and liquor allegedly being distributed by political parties to voters. The MICO Layout Police raided the house of a Congress worker and seized 12 bags of saris worth Rs. 2 lakh at Balajinagar.

In another incident, MICO Layout Police seized a lorry carrying silk yarns and saris at Balajinagar at 10.45 p.m. The police said that the Congress and the BJP made charges and counter charges against each other in this connection.

In the other incident, the Jnanabharathi police raided a farmhouse at Mellatahalli Kengunte. They found 700 cases of premium liquor worth Rs. 10 lakh, stored in a temporary shed. They also seized a car. The police said that the liquor was smuggled from Goa.

Robbed

An elderly man was robbed of his gold ring, mobile phone and Rs. 265 in cash at knifepoint on Wednesday near the Sarakki bus stand coming under Konankunte Police Station limits.

The police said that Srinivas Murthy (60) was waiting for a bus to get back at Sarakki bus stand, when three people in an autorickshaw offered to drop him.

They threatened him with a knife and robbed him of his valuables and the cash.

Body found

The body of a woman was found hanging from a tree at a farmhouse in Daragajogihalli in Doddaballapur taluk.

The police said that the woman, aged around 35, may have been raped and strangled.

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