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A 47-year-old mill proprietor was allegedly assaulted and robbed of his 100 grams golden concatenation by a erstwhile worker successful the Kumbalagodu Police Station limits connected Thursday.
According to the complaint, the victim, Amar Narayana Swamy, who runs a Ganesh idol-manufacturing portion successful Kanchanapura, was approached connected November 13 by a 23-year-old accused, identified arsenic Jayanth. The accused had concisely worked astatine Mr. Swamy’s mill successful June 2025. Jayanth reportedly told the complainant that a BDA tract was disposable for merchantability and offered to amusement it to him.
The 2 travelled successful the complainant’s car to the Sulikere BDA Layout, wherever Jayanth showed him 2 vacant plots. While they were returning, the accused, who was seated successful the backmost seat, allegedly lunged guardant and tried to snatch the golden concatenation worn by the complainant. When the unfortunate resisted, Jayanth allegedly attacked him with a knife, injuring his neck, face, shoulder, forehead, and head.
“Bleeding, the complainant got retired of the conveyance and attempted to flight by climbing onto the backmost of a passing mini-lorry. The accused allegedly chased him, pulled him down, stabbed him again successful the back, snatched the golden chain, and fled connected a motorcycle,” said the police.
The Kumbalagodu Police person registered a lawsuit and are connected the lookout for the accused.
