Parmesh Jain
Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday morning conducted another Operation Rowdy and raided active gangs house and during raid they have allegedly seized five daggers and two lakh cash so far from one of the houses of the active and notorious rowdies, the Bengaluru Central Crime Branch informed.
The raids have been conducted at the houses of Wilson Garden Naga,Cycle Ravi,Silent Sunil, JB Narayan,and their associates,said Bengaluru Central Crime Branch.
A massive raid was conducted after the murder of Joseph alias Babli who was hacked to death by the other gang of Rowdies inside the bank and their CCTV footage shows they were armed with lethal weapons and were seen coming in two wheeler with lethal weapons.
Senior officer told media persons,A Massive raid was conducted by our officers and men in the early morning on the active and Notorious rowdies who are still active in their illegal activities.
During raid we found Two lakh cash and one dagger were allegdly seized from the house of Wilson Garden Naga,while four daggers seized from other rowdies.A total of 45 houses were searched by the CCB.
During the raids on Friday, police found a cache of 254 Aadhaar cards at the house of a rowdy sheeter Shahnawaz from Shivajinagar,a known associate of Ravi.Shahnawaz is also absconding.
We are yet to ascertain as to why he had collected Aadhaar cards of so many people.We suspect it may be related to some property issues, a senior officer said.Police also recovered five daggers and Rs.2 lakh cash from the houses raided.
Changing strategy on Friday,CCB targeted all members of the most notorious groups currently active.Of the four main rowdies targeted,only Ravi is absconding.
The other three were there at their residences during the raids.They and their associates are being questioned about their activities.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Joint CP Crime,Sandeep Patil DCP Crime-1,KP Ravikumar,DCP Crime-2,BS Angadi,ACPs,as,Nagaraj,Parameshwara, Hanumantharaya,Jaganath Rai,Dharmendra HN,Gautham Kumar,and PIs,and staff who has conducted a surprise and a massive operation on Rowdy sheeters who are still active and there would be zero tolerance for rowdy activities and the drive taken up will go a long way in controlling the menace he added.
