Notorious rowdy sheeter held

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Rajagopala Nagar police arrested a 29-year-old notorious rowdy sheeter, Hanumantha Raju, under the Goonda Act. According to the police, the accused had been involved in several criminal activities, including extortion, armed robbery, attempted robbery, murder attempt, and assault.

Apart from these, the accused was actively involved in house break-in theft cases for a decade, police said. The police had detected around 17 cases filed against him at the Peenya, Soladevanahalli, Byadarahalli and Rajagopala Nagar police stations here.

The police said that he had been released on conditional bail with a warning to appear before the magistrate whenever he is summoned. However, he disappeared from the police radar soon after he got the bail.

Based on credible information, the accused was nabbed by a team of cops from the Rajagopala Nagar police station under the Goonda Act, following which he has been sentenced to undergo one year of rigorous imprisonment without bail.