The Bengaluru Metropolis Police have arrested 4 folks in reference to a theft reported final month during which the accused threatened a Vijayanagar resident at gunpoint inside the limits of the Peenya police station.
Officers have recovered a pistol, 5 cellphones and the automobile used for the crime, with the seized property valued at Rs 4 lakh. All 4 accused had been produced earlier than court docket and remanded in judicial custody.
In response to an announcement issued by the police on Wednesday, the incident in query came about on the evening of August 14, following which the First Info Report (FIR) was lodged on August 18.
The complainant within the case was ready at Jalahalli Bus Stand to go in the direction of his residence when three males in a automobile supplied him a trip. As quickly as the person acquired into the automobile, the accused diverted the car in the direction of Dabaspete in Bengaluru Rural district.
The police stated the sufferer was stopped from elevating an alarm because the three accused threatened him with a gun. They then stole two cellphones value Rs 75,000 and money of Rs 5,000 from him, after which they let him go.
The Peenya police registered an FIR and three folks concerned within the crime had been nabbed by officers on August 25 at Doddanekundi, close to Marathahalli within the metropolis. The accused confessed to the crime on being questioned.
“Additional investigation revealed that the pistol had been provided by one other particular person who had beforehand been in jail with the accused. Appearing on this lead, the police arrested the fourth suspect on September 10, 2025, from Horti village in Bijapur (Vijayapura) district,” the discharge acknowledged.
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In a separate case reported in Vijayapura final week, masked robbers wearing military-style clothes and wielding country-made pistols and different weapons, robbed a department of the State Financial institution of India (SBI). The lads fled with Rs 1.04 crore in money and 20 kg gold value Rs 20 crore.