Armed bike borne miscreant robbed mobile phone of bike taxi driver at knife point in Bengaluru

Yogesh K Porwar

Armed bike borne man robbed a mobile phone from a bike taxi driver at knife point in Rajendranagar in the early hours of Friday.

The victim,Jagadeeshwara Redddy,25,was waiting for the passenger to pay online after dropping him at Rajendranagar from Koramangala.

The accused armed with knife confronted them and demanded valuables to be handed over to him.Sending danger the passenger escaped without paying him the fare,but the accused caught Reddy and threatened to stab him and snatched his mobile phone worth Rs. 10,000 and sped away.

With the help of Passers-by Reddy called up control room for help and a Hoysala patrolling vehicle reached the spot.The police searched for the accused but in vain.

Based on the complaint,the Adugodi police have registered a case of robbery and efforts are on to track down the accused based on the CCTV footage from in and around the area.