By Parmesh Jain
“Gangster Lakshmana, accused of murder, attempted murder, abduction, and land grabbing, was killed by a gang of 5 men”.
A notorious rowdy-sheeter was brutally murdered in a clash between two gangs, just two days after he was released from jail.
Rowdy-sheeter Laxmana was murdered in front of an apartment near ISKCON temple on Rajkumar Road.
In a broad day light Rowdy Sheeter Lakshmana alias Rama Lakshmana was brutally murdered in Bengaluru on Thursday afternoon near Mysore Sandal Soap Factory by a gang of five men who attacked him with Sharp lethal weapons after spraying chilli powder on him.
The deceased has been identified as Lakshmana alias Rama Lakshmana aged about 38 year old a renowned Rowdy Sheeter of Kengeri Police station limits.
Senior police officer told media persons that,In the mid 2000s, twin brothers Rama and Lakshmana, natives of Kunigal town in Tumakuru, began their criminal activities in Bengaluru and within a few years were on the Bengaluru Police’s list of Class A criminals.The twins, who associated themselves with the local gangsters of Magadi Road and Kamakshipalya in Bengaluru, shot to infamy in the city’s underworld due to their involvement in land grabbing activities. several murder cases in which Lakshmana has been involved, the twin brothers shot to infamy after the brutal murder of a rival gangster Machcha Manja in 2005.Machcha Manja,who was returning home after distributing his wedding invitation was chased by Rama and Lakshmana along with 40 others and hacked to death in Bengaluru’s Yelahanka. At the time,another gangster associated with the twin brothers,Koti Rama, was also arrested in connection with the case. Lakshmana was out on bail,while Koti Rama remained in the Chitradurga prison as he was accused of contracting the murder of a local politician in Mysuru.Koti Rama and Lakshmana became rivals during this period simply because Lakshmana was not sending Koti Rama money while he was in prison.Once Lakshmana was out of prison in 2005,he allegedly affiliated himself with other gangsters,who were rivals of Koti Rama and another of his former associate Slum Bharata.
Koti Rama and Slum Bharat are currently being suspected of Lakshmana’s murder.The brothers had affiliated themselves with local gangsters in the area and became the point-men for big time dons to hire them to extort and grab land from people across Bengaluru.These guys have been involved in grabbing land since the late 1990s.They kept shifting their loyalties to various dons in the city and they were also encouraged by their family members in Kunigal to get involved in the city’s underworld.They were known for blackmailing people into selling them the land.The brothers would threaten people take away their original property documents and force the victims to sign the sale deed,which they drafted to suit their needs.They have several murder cases registered against them across police stations in the city.In 2013, the CCB’s Organised Crime Wing arrested Lakshmana’s brother Rama after they raided the Jnanabharathi campus.Rama was arrested for the attempt to murder of his rival gangster Cycle Ravi.The twins kept shifting bases from Kunigal to Kamakshipalya, making it difficult for the police to arrest them.Last year, the police arrested notorious land shark Mirle Varadaraj and booked him for illegally grabbing land worth Rs 500 crore.Upon his arrest in December last year,the police learnt that gangster Lakshmana was the enforcer. “When Mirle Varadaraj wanted to grab land, it was Lakshmana who would do all the dirty work. Lakshmana would approach parties interested in selling properties by posing as a real estate agent. He would take the original documents from the victims and never return it.He would then threaten them and get the properties transferred to Mirle’s name.If a landowner decided to go ahead with any kind of construction, Lakshmana would bring his henchmen and demolish the structures. He would also resort to brutal assault to threaten the victims.In December 2018, the police arrested Lakshmana after a family from Jagajyothi Layout in Bengaluru complained to the police that Lakshmana had illegally occupied their house for two years and was refusing to vacate. He was released on bail only a week ago.Lakshmana has been a rowdy-sheeter for two decades now.He had also affiliated himself to a few political leaders recently. These rowdy sheeters come in and out of prison. Many of them hatch conspiracies to commit murders, thefts and abductions while they are in prison.Rivalries between rowdies are common.They convert their plans into action once they come out of jail either on bail or on parole.He succumbed to injuries while he was being taken to the hospital by the locals.Mahalaxmi Layout police with other neighbouring Station Police inspectors with other senior official and staff rushed to spot and cordoned the crime scene and we have registered a case and are investigating the murder and special teams has been formed by DCP North,Shashi Kumar and we will solve the murder case soon he added.
DCP North,Shashi Kumar,who immediately rushed to the spot after the incident took place after inspecting the spot and collecting all the information about the Rowdy Sheeter Lakshmana alias Rama Lakshmana he told media persons that,We have been informed that between 12.45 pm to 1 pm in Mahalakshmi Layout a dreaded rowdy sheeter Lakshmana has been murdered going by the injuries on his body he was murdered using sharp weapons Lakshman was stopped and attacked by group of men who were in Scorpio Car.We have received a complaint from the family and will catch hold of the culprits as soon as possible special teams have been formed to nab the culprits and the case will be solved soon An investigation into the matter is underway he added.
Lakshman was released from prison just two days ago after a police raid at his residence led to the discovery of incriminating documents and unaccounted cash. Lakshman, along with his brother Rama were declared notorious criminals by the Kengeri police station and had several cases against them.The brutal murder in broad daylight has raised serious questions at the law and order situation in Bengaluru.
