Cops attacked by knife during standoff with murder accused in Bengaluru

Crime

The two accused persons allegedly murdered a man after a fight over a run-out during a cricket match.

Prajwal Bhat

Nithyananda, a sub-inspector at Rajagopal Nagar police station, and Basavanna, a staff member at the Nandini Layout police station in Bengaluru, were part of a police team sent to arrest two persons accused of murdering a man over a cricket match. However, in the process, the two were injured after they were attacked with knives. The incident took place in Nandini Layout on Saturday.Rohit and Chandan, alias ABCD Chandu, were accused of stabbing and killing G Uma Maheshwar, a resident of Ganesha Block near Nandini Layout, on Wednesday evening after a fight erupted between them over a run-out in a cricket match a few days prior to that. BN Lohit, an inspector at Nandini Layout police station, along with a team of police officials, were at GKW Layout (around 6 km from Nandini Layout police station) on Saturday morning to question Chandan and Rohit when the accused persons attacked the police team. Nithyananda and Basavanna sustained injuries on their hands, while the two accused were also injured after the police officials fired shots at them. Nithyananda and Basavanna are out of danger, a police official at Nandini Layout police station told TNM.  "The accused persons are hospitalised and will be arrested when they are discharged from the hospital,” Inspector BN Lohit told TNM. Uma Maheshwar and Chandan had fought over a run-out during a cricket match played on Monday evening at the Kamalammana Gundi grounds in Mahalakshmi Layout. Following this, Uma Maheshwar reportedly slapped Chandan. After the match, Chandan vowed to exact revenge and left the ground.  On Wednesday, Chandan and a group of assailants stabbed Uma Maheshwar near his residence and fled. The incident took place around 7 pm, and even though Uma Maheshwar was rushed to a hospital in Malleswaram, he succumbed to his injuries on Thursday. He was a student at the MES Institute of Management. Chandan hails from Chikkabidarakallu in Bengaluru and is unemployed. He is nicknamed ABCD Chandu for his habit of telling people off by saying, "You don't know the ABCD of this (a subject)." He and his associates were on the run following the incident and were tracked down by the police on Saturday morning.

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