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Bangalore: Hitch-hiker Gang on Prowl - Six Arrested

  •   Mon, Dec 24 2007 02:13:37 PM

Times of India

Bangalore, Dec 24: Their victims never knew what hit them. This gang targeted persons driving alone, crashed into their vehicles, picked up a quarrel with the victims and robbed them. They often stripped the victim bare, taking even their undergarments. Some gang members gained entry into the victims’ vehicles by hitch-hiking. Most victims turned out to be call centre drivers who offered a lift.

Viveknagar police nabbed six of the nine members of the gang that has committed 11 robberies. The police were surprised because the gang never tried to dispose of the stolen vehicles.

The accused are S Chandrashekhar (33), Venkatesh (22), Devaraj (22), M Shankar (23), A Ravikumar and Javed (23), all residents of Garvebavipalya and Naganathapura off Hosur Road.

The gang was brutally efficient in executing the robberies. One victim was bound, gagged, stripped and thrown onto a lonely dark stretch in Thalaghattapura, between Mysore Road and Magadi Road. The driver lay there for six hours before being rescued. Every successful robbery seemed to spur them on, a police officer said.

The gang struck at Chennarayapatna (Hassan), Hassan, Kollegal (Chamarajnagar) and after one such robbery, they withdrew money from two ATMs after getting the password from the victim. A manhunt has been launched to trace the other members of the gang.

The accused confessed that they took to crime so they could enjoy the luxuries of life. They were all PUC dropouts from middle-class families.

  

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  • Purushottama, Byndoor

    Thu, Dec 27 2007

    This is a common sight these days in Bangalore.When you are driving you may make sure you wont hit others. But these people riding on mobiles will hit your vehicle from the back , raise a dispute and if you suggest to go to a Police Station they will say " Ok you call the police and by the time we will smash the windsreen of your car and leave the place - then you do what ever you want to do ".

    Some times the autoricshaw drivers also resort to the same trick. What they do is if they observe you are a decent person then they will ensure a sudden brake or unwanted right turn and if your vehicles slightly touches their vehicle staart demanding compensation in thousands. Immediatley you will be surrounded by atleast 50 autos with the police just being the spectators!!

    Bangalore Police are not yet so modern to tackle such people and you pay up what they demand. I myself have witnessed such incidents in Padmanabhanager and other places in Bangalore. So Bangalore is no heaven now- if you are driving on the roads with your vehicle. The Bangalore Police should wake up to such incidents and tackle the gangs ruthlessly.

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