Bengaluru: The police have nabbed five people for attacking police constables at Kodigehalli near Yelahanka in Bengaluru and took away their rifle on January 18. The leader of the gang had been arrested in Madhya Pradesh on February 1. The remaining members of the gang were arrested in a joint operation by Bengaluru police and a team from Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
The arrested persons are identified as Raj Singh, 35, Ajambai Singh, 25, Chethan Remasingh, 19, Suresh Khodria Meher, 19, and Abubai Singh Meher, 21. All of them hail from Bagoli village in Madhya Pradesh, said the police.
Hours after the constables were attacked, special teams led by S. Girish, DCP Northeast division, gathered CCTV footage and Call Detail Record details from mobile towers close to the crime scene.
Police learnt that the men follow a fixed modus operandi: they migrate to various cities with their families and live on the outskirts. They commit petty theft before returning to their village. “While the women stayed in the makeshift houses with their children, the male members venture out into the city to commit crimes,” an officer said.
Besides Bengaluru, the gang operated in Mysuru and Tumakuru in Karnataka, and allegedly committed similar crimes in Andhra Pradhesh, Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Reward for police team
An inspector, a sub-inspector and a constable sustained injuries in Friday’s operation. Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar lauded the team that caught the gang and gave them a monetary reward of Rs. 2 lakh.
