Six held for vandalising hotel, assaulting staff

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Halasuru Gate police arrested six people who had been absconding after vandalising a hotel near Nagarathpet and assaulting some hotel staff in the city. According to sources, the hotel in SLV Bhavan belonged to Padmanabh who was running it for more than 40 years. The site where the hotel is situated belonged to Hanumantharaya Shettar Trust.

However recently three persons identified as Vinod Kumar, Prasanna Kumar and Murugan had claimed that the land belongs to them. The sources said that the men had a document due to which both the parties entered into a dispute and a case was registered at the jurisdictional police station.

Later a case was filed at the court regarding the matter. Around 1:30 am on February 13, Vinod Kumar and Prasanna Kumar along with a gang of 15 unidentified persons allegedly crashed into the hotel and began vandalising the furniture and appliances at the hotel.

They also assaulted several staff members on duty and snatched their mobile phones before fleeing. Following a complaint regarding the incident, the police nabbed six persons including two main accused in the case. Further investigation is on.