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Gangster opens fire, thrashed by public

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: A owner of an ice-cream parlour in Sanjaynagar was fired at by an alleged gangster who was trying to escape from the police on Wednesday night.

The injured Subba Reddy (45) has been admitted to R.M.V. Hospital. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. near Ashwathnagar Bus Stop in Sanjaynagar when two alleged gangsters, who were being trailed by the crime branch sleuths, stopped to buy honey at St. John Medical Store.

“One of the gangsters attacked the police when they handcuffed him. When the police called out for help to nab him, Subba Reddy, who has an ice-cream parlour in front of the medical store, rushed and caught the gangster. Meanwhile, the gangster shot at him thrice,” Chander, an eyewitness, told The Hindu.

Soon after the firing, public gathered at the spot and thrashed the gangster while his associate, who was waiting in a high-end SUV, drove away.

The crime branch police told the people who gathered at the spot that the accused was a “nationally important criminal” and took him away, another eyewitness said.

Arrested

A 25-year-old woman and her companion have been arrested on charge of killing her husband recently. K. Bhagyaraj alias Anu (28) of KSFC Layout was found dead near Oil Mill Road near Lingarajapuram on August 22. Banaswadi police said that they had arrested his wife Mala and her companion Vinod Kumar. Police said that Vinod bought liquor to Anu and later stabbed his throat several times.

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