Attica MD arrested for ‘harassing’ woman

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The founder and managing director of the Attica Gold Company, Bommanahalli Babu alias Ayub, was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police on charges of harassment filed by a woman from Elluru district.

Sources from Bengaluru police said that Babu was picked up by the cops from Andhra Pradesh from his residence here with the help of a team of officers from High Grounds police station It is alleged that the founder of the gold company had married a woman identified as Shiekh Minaj, a resident of Elluru district in Andhra Pradesh.

The woman, in her complaint to the Andhra Pradesh police has alleged that Babu had been harassing her after marriage. On December 12, Babu is alleged to have visited her in Elluru and assaulted her after damaging several valuables in her house.

Based on the complaint, the Andhra Pradesh police had taken up a case charging Babu under sections 448, 342, 307, 386, 427, 498A and 506 of IPC. However, this is not the first time Babu has been picked up by the police. In 2018, he was arrested on charges of buying stolen gold from a gang of robbers in Bengaluru.

And in 2017, a case was registered at the Vidhana Soudha police station against Babu after he allegedly assaulted a 33-year-old employee of his own firm.