Man, associates kill autorickshaw driver who cut his tongue a year ago

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Kaggalipura police on Tuesday arrested a gang of five persons who had allegedly killed an autorickshaw driver by brutally beating him up near Uttarahalli in the city. The accused were identified as Mani, 32, Lokesh,27, Vijay,22, Maruthi, 22 and Anand, 20, all residents of Uttarahalli.

Speaking to News Trail, an official from the jurisdictional police station said that the murder was carried out in revenge. It was revealed that the deceased person, identified as Chandru, had allegedly assaulted one of the accused, Mani, last year and chopped off his tongue.

Following the incident, Chandru was arrested and was booked under various sections of the IPC and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act as Mani belonged to the SC community. He was released on bail in April this year.

Mani, who had been conspiring to take revenge on Chandru, attacked him with the support of his accomplices and assaulted him with wooden logs before smashing his head with stones. Meanwhile, the Kaggalipura police arrested Mani and four of his accomplices and are further investigating the case.