A hotel owner was assaulted by autorickshaw drivers over a parking dispute near Mother Dairy Cross in Yelahanka New Town on Friday night. The incident came to light on Sunday.
According to the police, Purandar Naidu, 42, the manager of Udupi Grand Hotel, had parked his bike at an autorickshaw stand. In his complaint to the police, he alleged that the auto drivers picked a fight with him and even snatched his gold chain.
In a counter-complaint, Manjunath, an auto driver, claimed that Naidu blocked the way for the autorickshaws by parking his bike which inconvenienced the drivers. Naidu and his staff abused the drivers and assaulted them. The police said the drivers returned Naidu’s chain on Friday night. The entire incident was captured by the CCTV installed at the hotel. The police are verifying the footage.
6 held for robbing cabbie
City police have arrested six persons on charge of robbery and recovered a car, three cellphones, an ATM card and Rs 6,000 in cash. The suspects are Ravish Gowda (21), Rakesh (25), Yeshvanth (19), Maunesh (20), Maunish (19) and Vinay Prasad (23). According to the police, the suspects were close associates of Seshadri, a criminal who was arrested recently in a robbery case and was sent to the Central Prisons, Parappana Agrahara. Sheshadri hatched a robbery conspiracy inside the prison and directed his associates to execute the plan.
As per the plan, the suspects called up Hanumanthe Gowda, a cab driver, and asked him to meet them at Gollarahatti on NICE Road. The suspects got into the car and directed him to go to Hesaraghatta.
They threatened him at knifepoint there and robbed him of his three cellphones, ATM card and Rs 6,000 in cash. They dropped him at Kengeri and fled in his car, said the police.
Published 16 October 2016, 20:29 IST