A car’s passenger window was smashed to steal a laptop. A woman allegedly cons her husband to remarry someone else. A couple of youngsters get into a brawl over a financial dispute on a public road. A group of miscreants beat up a cook during unearthly hours. A man maligns a franchisee owner on social media. A woman is beaten up by her husband over domestic issues. And these were all reported to the cops in the first week of February alone at the HSR Layout police station. Lets get into the details to understand when, where and how these incidents occurred in this sprawling neighbourhood spread over 7 square kilometres and divided into seven sectors, with Sector 5 being on the other side of Outer Ring Road near Greenview Hospital.
CYBERCRIME
On February 5, the HSR cops received a complaint from DV Ravikiran about an alleged offence that occurred between October 24, 2018 and February 5, 2019.
The 40-year-old employed with a private firm in Sector 1 accuses Prabhakar Gowda, a 45-year-old businessman and a resident of Kengeri of annulling the Petoo restaurant franchise agreement that Ravikiran had signed up with him. Not just that, Prabhakar allegedly defamed Ravikiran on social media about his association as a franchisee.
The cops have registered a case under the IT Act 2000 under 72A for disclosure of information in breach of lawful contract, and under the Indian Penal Code for criminal conspiracy (120B), criminal breach of trust (409), cheating and dishonesty (420).
CAR WINDOW SMASHED TO STEAL LAPTOP
On February 1, the cops received another complaint of a stolen laptop from a car. This has become a trend in HSR now, and the modus operandi was no different here.
On January 31, at around 4.45pm, 28-year-old Murali Choudhary Sahukara, a resident of Electronic City, parked his car on 19th Main in front of Cult.fit gym and entered the fitness centre for his session. When he came out at 7.15pm, someone had smashed the left side of the rear passenger window and stolen his laptop bag containing a HP laptop, adapter, passport, priority pass card and $100 cash.
WIFE BEATING
On February 6, 2019, sub inspector Paul Priya Kumar allegedly encountered a wife-beating husband who was assaulting the cops for interfering in his domestic dispute. The incident occurred on 21st Cross, 14th Main in Sector 3 when the 38-year-old cop received an alert from his subordinates at around 2.45am. The Hoysala mobile patrol squad was alerted by the police control room about a domestic dispute that had resulted in noise pollution in the wee hours. When the Hoysala arrived at the spot, the gate was locked but they saw a father and son duo holding a woman by her neck and trying to throw her out of the house. When the constables intervened, the father and son duo of Srinivasalu Bhovi (60) and Harihant (32) asked the cops to mind their business and tried to push them out of the way. The lady who was being abused told the cops that she was being physically beaten up over trivial reasons ever since she married Harihant. When the constables alerted sub inspector Paul, he rushed to the place with another constable. However, the duo continued to behave the same way even with the senior cop and also grabbed his uniform to push him away. When the cops tried to bring them to the station in the Hoysala vehicle, the two persons pounded on the vehicle’s windscreen and created havoc. Eventually, the duo were taken to the police station and a First Information Report was lodged against them for their criminal act (IPC 34), intentional insult (IPC 504), and assaulting public servants (IPC 353).
WIFE CONS HER HUSBAND
On January 31, the HSR cops received a peculiar case of a woman alleged to have conned her second husband while going back to her first spouse. The place of occurrence was Manjunath Layout in Ellukunte, Sector 3, HSR Layout. Sixty-five-year-old D Prabhudev’s son Ajay David (30) married Anjela Philips in a Christian wedding ceremony on December 28, 2017. On January 24, 2018, Anjela allegedly took away the wedding jewellery she was given by her new husband. Later, the complainant realised that Anjela was staying with Iswin Jacks, whom she had married on November 4, 2016. Alleging that she had remarried his son for his wealth, the father has lodged a case to help him recover the jewellery she has stolen from his son. The HSR cops have registered the case against Angela (26), her father Philip Sathya Ravikumar (60), and her first husband Irwin (24).
They are faces charges of concealing the previous marriage (495), criminal intimidation (506), criminal act by a group (34) and cheating (420).
COOK BEATEN UP IN THE WEE HOURS
Ashish, 18 years, a cook working at Talk Over Table (TOT) Cafe in Sector 2 was beaten up by four youngsters when he was walking back home after finishing his work at around 1.30am on February 5. The accused happen to be Goutam (30) and four other unidentified people. They allegedly injured Ashish’s head and face by beating him up with hands and sticks. The cops have filed a case against the group for the criminal act conducted as a group (IPC 34), causing hurt (IPC 323), and using weapons to injure Ashish (IPC 324).
BRAWL ON FOOD STREET
The 18th Cross in Sector 3 is HSR Layout’s official ‘food street’ where footpath stalls come up in the evening to dish out a variety of cuisine. However, this time around, this stretch of the road got a bad name when a few youngsters made it their place to beat up one of their own over a financial dispute. The incident occurred on February 5 at around 11.30pm. Labourer Ranjith (22), a resident of Jakkasandra, was allegedly beaten up by fellow labourers Pavan (22) and Chandan (20) on 18th Cross. The incident occurred when Kishore asked Chandan to pay Rs 2000, the money he had borrowed from him. Chandan not only refused to pay up but also mouthed expletives and supposedly damaged his left eye with a key, leading to a bloody injury. In addition, Chandan’s friend Pavan beat up Kishore with his hands and legs. The HSR cops have charge the two persons for indulging in a criminal act as a group (IPC 34), intentional insult (504), causing hurt (323) and using dangerous weapons (324).
