A gang of 5 males final Friday allegedly bludgeoned to dying a 38-year-old autorickshaw driver in Bengaluru’s Uttarahalli, police mentioned.
Kaggalipura police on Tuesday mentioned that they’ve arrested all of the accused. They had been nabbed from varied hideouts.
The arrested are Mani, 32, Lokesh, 27, Vijay, 22, Maruti, 22 and Anand, 20, all residents of Ravugodlu in Uttarahalli of Bengaluru south.
The police have registered case beneath Part 143, 448, 302 and 149 of Indian Penal Code (IPC).
It’s learnt that the deceased, Chandramouli alias Chandru, had lower the tongue of Mani final yr, they mentioned.
In response to police, after Chandru got here out on bail in April this yr, Mani conspired together with his accomplices to take revenge on him.
Police mentioned that Mani determined to retaliate in the identical method as he was attacked. “Identical to Chandru dragged him out of his home final yr, Mani alongside together with his associates barged into Chandru’s home and dragged him out. They assaulted him with picket logs earlier than smashing his head with stones. As Mani crushed Chandru’s head, others held him tightly,” they mentioned.
“Mani was dragged out of his home and was taken to a terrace by Chandru, who lower Mani’s tongue whereas his associates had held him tightly,” police mentioned.
In response to police, Chandru who additionally hailed from Ravugodlu village had a combat with Mani over a petty situation on October 27, 2021, and Chandru apparently chopped off Mani’s tongue.
Chandru was booked beneath varied sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act as Mani belonged to SC group.
The native police officers mentioned that that they had confronted issues when Chandru was in police custody.
“Even though he stayed within the cell throughout police custody, we would have liked to watch him each minute. He used to hit his head in opposition to the wall. As soon as he ate a lizard contained in the cell. It had change into laborious for us to manage Chandru,” mentioned a police officer.