3 held for stabbing a Nigerian National to death, by Banaswadi police

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar

A 35 year old Nigerian National was stabbed to death by a gang of three over drunken brawl in Banaswadi on Sunday night.

The police arrested the accused few hours after the incident came to light.

The deceased has been identified as Victor P, hails from South Africa and the accused are Arun,Philip and Neelakantan,residents of Kammanahalli.

Senior officer told media persons a murder case was reported on Sunday in which unknown miscreants stabbed a African National over trivial row and fled the spot after stabbing him to death.

As soon as the murder took place Banaswadi police inspector, Santhosh Kumar L with crime staff and senior officers as,DCP,East Dr SD Sharanappa ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division Ningappa B Sakkiri and other officers rushed to spot.

Dog squad and finger print experts were pressed into action to collect the evidence from the crime scene.

After inspecting the spot DCP East, Dr SD Sharanappa led a special team under the leadership of ACP, Ningappa B Sakkiri a team headed by PI, Santhosh Kumar L and his crime staff swung into action and started the investigation during investigating the team got the identity of the accused with the help of technical inputs.

Based on the technology skill the team zeroed in on three persons in few hours after the incident of crime reported.

During investigation it was found that the incident took place around 9.30pm when Victor had come to a shop at Kullappa Circle and had picked up a quarrel with the gang who were under the influence of alcohol.

In a fit of rage they stabbed Victor and fled the scene.The passersby noticed Victor lying in a pool of blood and shifted him to nearby hospital where he succumbed.

The Banaswadi police swung into action and arrested the accused based on technical evidence gathered from in and around the area.

Initially locals and African Nationals said that the accused are also African.But based on scientific investigation by the team the accused were zeroed in.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division,Ningappa B Sakkiri,PI,Santhosh Kumar L and his whole crime staff who has detected the murder case within few hours of the incident reported and for the tirelessly work and using technology skills the team nabbed a three member gang and detected the case and for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.