Pramesh Jain
Two notorious rowdies,including an associate of gangster Ravi Pujari,wanted for a kidnap and murder of a financier were shot at and arrested by the East division police after they allegedly attacked police staff.
Two accused has been identified as, Kaviraj,46,and his associate,Ambrish.
East division police as ACP,Kumar D and PI,Harish Kumar opened fire at two persons including close associate of gangster Ravi Poojary who was on the run after abduction and murder of a 48-year-old auto rickshaw driver and a small time financier from Indira Nagar recently .
Senior officer told reporters,a abduction and murder case was registered in Indiranagar police station and after the murder based on complaint by family members our team zeroed in two persons.
A massive manhunt was on to nab the Notorious rowdies as Kaviraj and Ambrish and a special team headed by ACP Kumar D who were on lookout On Wednesday morning,the police team received a tip off that Kaviraj was moving in a car near Baiyyapanahalli with his associates.
Immediately ACP,Kumar D,and Indiranagar police inspector with staff rushed to the spot and the team chased and confronted the accused.
In a bid to escape Kaviraj attacked ASI Govindaraju and his colleague.ACP Kumar and Inspector Harish part of the team warned and opened fire in self defence to stop the accused from fleeing.
As the duo dint heed to our ACP and Inspector warning they again tried to attack the staff so to protect the staff and for their safety ACP,Kumar D,and Inspector Harish both opened another round of fire in which the accused sustained bullet injuries on their right and left leg and taken to the hospital for treatment.
The accused Kaviraj,46,close aide of Ravi Poojary also involved in abduction of former MLA,varthur Prakash and Shabnam developers shootout case in Tilak nagar in 2006,had abducted Vijay Kumar resident of Indiranagar few days ago and killed him after he refused to pay the ransom.The accused dumped the body in the forest area in Hosur and returned to the city.
Following a missing complaint,the police zeroed in on Kaviraj,who recently released from prison and along with his associates abducted and killed Vijay Kumar.
We are waiting for their recovery so that they would be questioned in detail about their criminal activities and network.
The victim Vijay Kumar was a small-time financier,used to wear artificial heavy jewellery as a hobby and uploaded the photos on social media.
Kaviraj associates who noticed Vijay Kumar moving with the heavy jewellery gathered information about him and passed it on to Kaviraj who hatched a plan to kidnap and extort heavy ransom while in prison.
However after they abducted Vijay Kumar and tortured him the accused realized that he has not money and decided to kill him to conceal their identity.
An attempt to murder case has been registered in Baiyyapanahalli police station against both the Rowdies and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East S Murugan DCP East Dr SD Sharanappa ACP Ulsoor Sub-Division Kumar D, PI Indiranagar,Harish and staff as, Govindaraju and others who were part of the team in nabbing the Notorious rowdies and for the good piece of investigation by the team a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
