Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The Rajgopal Nagar police on Wednesday arrested a private bus cleaner who killed a 64-year-old daily wage labourer to rob Rs 500 from him while he was sleeping on the footpath on March 15.
The accused has been identified as, Prashanth aged about 35.
Senior officer told reporters,a murder case was reported in Rajagopalnagar police station limits as the murder took place senior officer rushed to the spot.
Special team was formed by DCP North Vinayak Patil the team headed by PI, Rajagopalnagar swung into action and the team verified nearly 50 cctv footage to identify the accused and arrested him.
The accused Prashanth,working as a cleaner at a private bus used to move around in the night time to identify people living on footpath and rob their valuables.
On March 15, he found Krishnappa,64, was sleeping on the footpath near Peenya II stage bus stop at around 1. 30 am and tried to search his pockets to take away valuables .
Krishnappa woke up and resisted but Prashanth overpowered and attacked him with a brick found near-by and escaped after robbing Rs 500 from him.
Krishnappa was found lying unconscious the next morning and taken to victoria hospital where he succumbed later.
Krishnappa had visited his relative and wanted to return home. Since it was late he tired and drunk he slept near the bus stop thinking of going home the next morning.
