Nine including one contract Pourakarmika of MCC arrested for highway robbery Srirangapatna: They were a group of youngsters, all between 19 and 24, and at an age when other youths in their age group focus on careers, these nine youth took to crime for lucrative and easy money. Into the habit of leading a life…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Works: Two labourers buried alive as earth caves in
February 7, 2020Maddur: Two labourers were killed after they were buried alive while at work on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway expansion in front of the Agriculture Department Office in Maddur last evening. The deceased labourers are Kashinath (36) and Raju Gandh (30), both hailing from Jharkhand. The Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway expansion works has been awarded to Dileep Build Con,…
Daring Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway Robbery
February 2, 2020One car, one bike waylaid and driven away Srirangapatna/Mysore: The tourist town of Srirangapatna woke up to a shocking crime news this morning as a gang of Highway dacoits, after a brief lull, struck again looting two motorists of their belongings and vehicles in two separate incidents on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway before the crack of dawn…
Motorists stabbed on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
January 22, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Two persons, riding a Honda Activa scooter towards city, were stabbed by miscreants, who first rammed their four wheeler into the scooter before stabbing them near Kalasthawadi on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway on the night of Jan. 19. The motorists who were stabbed have been identified as Syed Saleem and Tanveer Khan of N.R. Mohalla in…
Before robbing Bengaluru-bound engineer in city… Extortionists had robbed two more persons at Induvalu, Siddalingapura
January 16, 2020Modus operandi: Offering Lift Mysuru: The gang of three miscreants, who had robbed a Bengaluru-bound engineer Madhu Vikas of cash and gold ornaments in the early hours of Jan. 13 morning, had earlier robbed two-persons of their cash and mobile phones near Induvalu and Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway on the same day. The miscreants, who…
Brave tempo driver foils highway robbery attempt
January 2, 2020Mysuru-bound courier company driver targeted near Mandya Argues with criminals; refuses to pay for ‘accident victim’ Mysuru/Mysore: If 2019 was dominated by crimes committed on highways including the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway, Nanjangud Highway and several State Highways around Mysuru where commuters were robbed of cash, gold and valuables by faking accidents, one more incident was reported…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway to be completed by mid-2022
December 30, 2019Works taken up under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase I Envisaged as Economic Corridor between two cities Mysuru: Vehicle users will have to wait till mid-2022 for a smooth ride on the 140-odd-km Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway that is being upgraded to a 10-lane highway and as an Economic Corridor. The 10 lanes include four service roads on either…
Srirangapatna Highway robbery case: TWO ARRESTED
December 1, 2019They were repeat offenders who were out on bail in three similar cases Mysuru: In a swift action, the Srirangapatna Rural Police have arrested two persons on charges of robbing commuters on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway after faking accidents. They are repeat offenders and interestingly, in the past too, they were arrested and in one case,…
Shashti Jatra: Traffic diversion on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road tomorrow
December 1, 2019Mysuru: With the famous Shashti Jatra of Subramanyeshwara Swamy Temple at Siddalingapura on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway scheduled to take place tomorrow (Dec.2), the City Police have restricted vehicle movement between Mysuru and Siddalingapura, during the period between Dec.1 midnight and Dec.2 midnight. Accordingly, vehicles bound for Bengaluru from Mysuru should take the Ring Road from Columbia…
Breakthrough in fake accident, real robbery case: Three interrogated
November 30, 2019Mysuru/Mysore: In a major breakthrough, the District Police have begun interrogating three persons in the case where a car was waylaid after faking an accident on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway near Srirangapatna. Muddappa of Kodagu was the victim and Rs.30,000 was robbed from him on the pretext of availing hospital treatment. Star of Mysore had published…
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