In seven years, Nagendra Reddy turned from an accomplished IT employee to a wanted criminal. He twice managed to escape from the police but his luck caught up with him in 2011 when he was shot dead in an encounter.
Some call him a batsman. No, Ravikumar alias Cycle Ravi doesn’t wield a willow. He gets his reputation from swinging ‘longs’, as machetes are called in the Bengaluru underworld. Known for meticulously planned crimes, Cycle Ravi once faced 35 cases. He has since been acquitted in 25 cases, including 10 in which he was accused of murder. Ravi had evaded arrest for three years.
Rowdies, beware! The cops are watching you
Rowdies, beware! The cops are watching you
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Jul 24, 2021, 06:00 IST
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City cops are keeping a close eye on several rowdy sheeters after a spurt in incidents of land-grabbing and hooliganism. This trend was seen during the pandemic when many of these men took advantage of people’s financial instability and began to lend money, at exorbitant interest rates.
The Central Crime Branch (
CCB) sleuths on Friday morning conducted raids at houses and offices of four notorious rowdy elements named
Wilson Garden Naga, resident of Wilson Garden, Silent Sunil, a resident of
Five daggers, cash seized by Bengaluru Central Crime Branch, raids underway ANI | Updated: Jul 23, 2021 08:54 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 23 (ANI): BengaluruCentral Crime Branch (CCB) on Friday morning raided and allegedly seized five daggers and two lakh cash so far from one of the houses of the active and notorious rowdies, the BengaluruCentral Crime Branch informed.
Bengaluru Raid 1 23.07.jpg alt= class= img-responsive >The raids have been conducted at the houses of Wilson Garden Naga, Cycle Ravi, Silent Sunil, J B Narayan, and their associates, said BengaluruCentral Crime Branch, it added.
Two lakh cash and one dagger were allegedly seized from the house of Wilson Garden Naga while four daggers were seized from the houses of other rowdies.