Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
The Bommanahalli police on Thursday arrested a gang of seven who are involved in kidnap and murder of a 20-year-old youth on may 9 over old rivalry.
The accused has been identified as,Prajwal and his associates.
Senior officer told reporters,a Missing complaint was registered in Bommanahalli police station by the parents of victim who stated that their son went out with his friends and dint returned back.
Based on complaint special teams were formed to search the vicitm the team received a information that a dead body is found near Electronic City outskirts.
During investigation the victim was identified as,Suhas and further investigation was carried out by the team.
During investigation it was revealed that the victim and accused are known to each other and to take revenge and settle the scores as old rivalry they abducted the victim and killed him.
A detailed investigation by the team it was revealed that the accused on May 9,abducted the victim Suhas Amul in an autorikshaw from outside the wine store took him to an isolated place in Basavanapura in Electronic city and stabbed him to death.
Suhas was assisting his father,who is a middlemen in a RTO office,had a fight with the accused earlier over a trivial row .
Enraged by this the accused decided to take revenge and abducted and killed him brutally before fleeing the spot.
The police took up the investigations and verified the CCTV footage from in and around the area to track down the accused the accused after killing the victim went to Tirupathi to tonsure their head to hoodwink police team but our team who were on manhunt nabbed them while returning from tirupathi temple.
A case has been registered in Bommanahalli police station and further investigation is underway.
Finally Bengaluru Police commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,A subramanyeshwara Rao,DCP Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi,ACPs,as,Karibasavangowda,N Pavan,PI,Prashanth S and his whole has cracked the case within 13 hours by arresting all the accused for the exemplary work done by them a special reward will be given to whole team he added.
