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The blab trap
Updated On: 27 August, 2010 09:18 AM IST | | Imran Gowhar
Cops solved a two-month-old unsolved case, after one of the perpetrators was caught boasting about it in a local bar
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Cops solved a two-month-old unsolved case, after one of the perpetrators was caught boasting about it in a local bar
Boasting by an inebriated supari killer in a local bar not only led the police to arrest his gang but also identifying a former corporator who had paid the gang for the elimination of his political rival.
The Malleshwaram police, who were groping in the dark about the attack on Srirampuram former councillor Govindaraju by a gang of armed men on June 21, received a tip-off that a 28-year-old youth was boasting of his misdeeds in a local bar.
A police team rushed to the bar, and picked up S Babu alias Vandre Babu, and a detailed enquiry led him to confess to the crime.
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Cops later rounded up his associates M Vinod, AGS Gopi and Lingaraju from Saidapet Chennia, who had taken shelter in Chennai.
"The accused accept suparis for a meager amount of Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000," said PI M Srinivas.
"Initially, the gang was not cooperating to reveal who is behind the attack, but when their mobile number details were verified, we zeroed in on A Kumar alias Bayappa (33), whom they have called frequently a day before and after the attack."
"We picked up Kumar, and after detailed questioning, he named V Nagraj, alias Bomb Naga, a rowdy-turned-politician (ex-councillor who recently lost BBMP elections from Prakash Nagar ward), added PI M Srinivas.
According to the police, Govindaraju, Nagraj's archrival, had not only won the local council elections against him, but also helped his friends to defeat his associates in other wards.
Govindaraju had also helped a woman candidate to contest and win against Nagraj's candidate and helped her to get required documents to file for the nominations.
Boasting by an inebriated supari killer in a local bar not only led the police to arrest his gang but also identifying a former corporator who had paid the gang for the elimination of his political rival.
The Malleshwaram police, who were groping in the dark about the attack on Srirampuram former councillor Govindaraju by a gang of armed men on June 21, received a tip-off that a 28-year-old youth was boasting of his misdeeds in a local bar.
A police team rushed to the bar, and picked up S Babu alias Vandre Babu, and a detailed enquiry led him to confess to the crime.
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Cops later rounded up his associates M Vinod, AGS Gopi and Lingaraju from Saidapet Chennia, who had taken shelter in Chennai.
"The accused accept suparis for a meager amount of Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000," said PI M Srinivas.
"Initially, the gang was not cooperating to reveal who is behind the attack, but when their mobile number details were verified, we zeroed in on A Kumar alias Bayappa (33), whom they have called frequently a day before and after the attack."
"We picked up Kumar, and after detailed questioning, he named V Nagraj, alias Bomb Naga, a rowdy-turned-politician (ex-councillor who recently lost BBMP elections from Prakash Nagar ward), added PI M Srinivas.
According to the police, Govindaraju, Nagraj's archrival, had not only won the local council elections against him, but also helped his friends to defeat his associates in other wards.
Govindaraju had also helped a woman candidate to contest and win against Nagraj's candidate and helped her to get required documents to file for the nominations.
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