Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya
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he Byappanahalli railway police arrested two autorickshaw drivers for robbing a group of four labourers from Assam on the pretext of dropping them to their destination from railway station.
The victim,Minu Baraha along with three of his associates from Assam landed from Guwahati express on Friday at Byappanahalli station and boarded the autorickshaw to go to Sumanahalli where they are working in ice factory.
The accused autorickshaw driver identified as Robin Richard asked them to pay Rs.600 but on the way started demanding that each one should pay him Rs. 600 each.
When Minu and his friend objected he called his associates Yuvaraj Murugesh and the duo took the four to an isolated place and robbed Rs.500 at knife point and also forced them to transfer Rs.3,300 to their account through phone pay.
The accused later escaped and the labourers called their owner M Gunushekhar,who filed a complaint with the police on their behalf.
Based on the complaint,the Byappanahali railway police track down the duo within 24 hours and recovered the knife and cash Rs. 1,157 from their account.
The duo have been booked under robbery and remanded to judicial custody.
