Pramesh S Jain
T
he Bagaluru police on Monday arrested a 35-year-old man who was on the run after bludgeoned two of his colleagues to death over a drunken brawl at the private bus service centre where he was working on Saturday.
The accused Suresh Shashi,resident of Uttarahalli was arrested within 48 hours of the crime while he was about to flee the city.
Senior officer said,The accused according to the police was arrested by Subramanyapura police in an attempt to murder, kidnap and rape charges in 2012 and was sent to prison.
The accused unable to get the required money to get out on bail was in the Central prison of Parppana agarahara till 2024,until a kannada Film Star helped him financially on humanitarian grounds.
After coming out from prison,the accused joined SRS travel agency as cleaner and started working in parking unit of the company and where the deceased Nagesh and Manjunath Gowda were also working.
Probe revealed that the deceased used to tease and heckle him with his criminal background.Enraged by the frequent harassment the accused on saturday night in an inebriated state assaulted them with a iron rod and escaped after locking the roo.
The incident came to light the next day when other staff came to work and found the duo lying dead in a pool of blood.
The Bagaluru police have registered a case of murder and taken the accused into custody for further investigation.
