Dr.Thomas (Sub-Editor)
In a swift action,the Banaswadi police arrested a gang of three who along with others hacked a 40-year-old rowdy-sheeter to death over old rivalry on Tuesday.
The accused Dharma and Ishaq and Sultan,part of the opponent gang were tracked down based on the CCTV footage and local intelligence on Thursday.
However the prime accused in the case who is also a rowdy-sheeter is on the run.Efforts are on to track him down,Kuldeep Kumar Jain,DCP,East,said .
He further said that the accused confronted Karthikeyan on ITC road in Banaswadi and hacked him to death in full public view.
The deceased was Rowdy-Sheeter till 2021 and the police had dropped him from the list of rowdies based on his good conduct.
Since then Karthikeyan was running a real estate business and attending previous cases pending against him.
However the rival gang who had some old score to settle kept a tab on his activities for a long time before he was attacked,a senior officer,said.
