Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The RMC Yard police on Wednesday arrested a gang of eight who killed a 32-year-old factory worker to rob his two phones and cash Rs.5,200 near APMC yard on November 13.
The accused identified as Chandru T,23,and his associates,Sachin,19,Kiran Kumar G,19,Nikhil,21, Munesh H,22,Jeevan,19,Karthik,19 and Madan TP, 20 ,
Senior officer told reporters,The victim Anil Bora resident of Sri Rampura and employed in a glass factory was waiting for the cab to return home after visiting his friend at around 3 am .
All the accused were returning in a goods autorickshaw after purchasing fire crackers for the festival .
They noticed Anil Bora standing alone on roadside in the middle of the night and decided to rob him.They confronted him and demanded to hand over the valuables .
The accused attacked him with a wooden log on his head when he tried to resist and escaped after snatching two of his mobile phones and cash Rs.5,200.
The severely bleeding Anil was found by passers-by and rushed him to the hospital where he succumbed one week later .
Meanwhile the RMC Yard police team led by Inspector Suresh P. had initially booked a case of dacoity track down the accused based on the CCTV footage found from in and around.
The police had recovered cash Rs.5,200 along with eight mobile phones and the autorickshaw used by the accused in the offence.
The accused worked as labourers in a bakery and a private factory in Peenya and two of the accused had even involved in a vehicle theft cases,a senior officer told reporters.
