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BJP worker dies as lorry rips bikes

Last Updated 05 April 2016, 19:55 IST

A local BJP worker was killed when a tipper lorry collided head-on with two motorcycles near Magadi town on the western outskirts of Bengaluru on Tuesday, the police said. 

Mallikarjunaiah, 45, a BJP worker from Banawadi village, Magadi taluk, and two others were going to the Magadi tahsildar office when the accident occurred around 10.45 am. The driver of the tipper lorry was reckless and struck the two motorcycles head-on near an under-construction bridge at Anehalla on Magadi-Gudemaranahalli road. Mallikarjunaiah was killed on the spot as he came under the lorry wheels. 

The injured were identified as Mohan Kumar Vishwakarma, 25, and Renuka Prasad, 30, both residents of Banawadi. Local residents called the ‘108’ ambulance and helped take the trio to hospital, but Mallikarjunaiah was dead by then, the police said. 

The lorry driver fled soon after the accident but the police detained the cleaner, Kiran, and seized the heavy vehicle. 

Broke man tries to rob ATM
The Kamakshipalya police arrested a 26-year-old man for attempting to rob an ATM kiosk in Basaweshwaranagar after assaulting the security guard.

The police said that the accused V Santosh Kumar Naik, a native of Anantapur, was working as a data entry operator in a super market in Hyderabad. On March 31, around 4.30 am, he went to a Union Bank ATM in Basaweshwaranagar and, in a bid to loot the ATM, assaulted the guard Nagaraj, who tried to fight back. Naik fearing that he would be overpowered, fled the spot. 

Meanwhile, Vijaykumar, who was witness to the event, alerted the night beat police. Guard Nagaraj, along with the police, chased down the suspect. 

During the interrogation, Naik revealed that he had borrowed Rs six lakh from a few moneylenders and was unable to repay the amount. 

Naik regularly visited Bengaluru since his sister stays in Basaweshwaranagar. He attempted to loot the ATM, thinking he could clear his debts, added the police.A case has been registered and investigation on. 

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(Published 05 April 2016, 19:55 IST)

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