Is Bengaluru becoming unsafe after dark?

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Three robbery incidents were reported in Bengaluru city in the intervening night between Sunday and Monday, pointing to an urgent need to strengthen the beat patrol system to check miscreants.

Food-delivery executive robbed

In the first incident, a food delivery executive was intercepted by two armed bike-borne youths who robbed him of Rs 1,500 by threatening him with a machete.

The police said the victim is a native of Assam and was working here as a fooddelivery executive.

The incident took place on Promenade Road around 1 am on Monday when the victim was waiting for a customer to deliver his ordered food.

At that time, two youth on a bike approached him and threatened him with a machete.

They snatched Rs 1,500 that he had and fled the scene. The victim filed a complaint with the Pulikeshi Nagar Police immediately. Currently the police are scanning the nearby CCTV cameras to identify the assailants.

Cyclist mugged of Rs 100 and a mobile phone

Around 10 pm on Sunday, a resident of Varthur, Buddha, was on his way to his house behind Vibgyor High School, when he was stopped by six men on three bikes.

While two men on the pretext of asking for an address, struck up a conversation with Buddha, the others got down and surrounded him. The men allegedly pushed him to the ground and started searching his pockets for cash.

However they could find only Rs 100 and a mobile phone, which they stole from him.

Buddha filed a complaint with Varthur Police regarding the incident and a probe is on.

Robbed by a relative

A resident of HBR Layout, Siddartha, was attacked and robbed of Rs 6000 in cash by his own relative while he was crossing Hennur Road around 10 pm on Sunday.

In his complaint to Hennur Police, Siddhartha alleged that his relative picked up a fight with him for a petty reason and robbed him of the cash he had.

A case has been taken up. Robberies, burglaries and thefts continue to plague the city.

According to a report, Bengaluru saw at least five crimes being registered every hour in 2022. The robbery cases spiked further in 2023.