Bengaluru: A gang of goons who had kidnapped three men from J.C. Nagar in the city over a financial dispute killed one of them, leaving other two seriously injured. In a joint operation, R.T. Nagar and Gauribidanur police arrested 21 members of the gang from a village in Gauribidanur in Chikkaballapura district.
On Monday, Junaid Ahmad, the prime accused, called up the deceased, Noor Ahmad (27), over phone and asked him to come to a place to supposedly give the money that was owed to Noor. Noor along with his two friends Mubashir (35) Khaliq (32) went to the place. But Junaid, who had planned the entire operation and had hired cars and men, pushed Noor and his two friends into the cars and sped away, the police said.
The accused took the victims to a sheep farm, which Junaid had sub leased in a village in Gauribidanur and beat up the victims. While Noor succumbed to injuries on Monday night, Mubashir and Khaliq sustained serious injuries, the police said.
Meanwhile, Noor’s father filed a missing complaint at the RT Nagar police station late Monday evening after his son did not return home and neither answered calls. R.T. Nagar police, who registered the complaint, traced one of Junaid's vehicles to a village near Gauribidanur through GPS and immediately alerted the local police and left for Gauribidanur.
When the police reached the farm early Tuesday morning, they found the accused inside the farm. “While Noor was already dead, Mubashir and Khaliq lay gasping for breath as they had sustained serious injuries. They were immediately rushed to Victoria Hospital for treatment, while all the 21 accused were arrested from the spot,” an officer of Gauribidanur town police told Deccan Chronicle.
The police have arrested Junaid, Faizan, Ahmad, Pasha, Faisal Sultan, Mohsin, Zaheer, Mohan, Afsar, Bilal, Usman, Vikram, Bilal, Zain, Umar, Jawad, Arshad, Sonu, Mohammad Saif and Sohail Khan.
It is learnt that Junaid and Noor fought over a financial dispute involving a deal over sheep. Junaid who also works as a travel agent had recently bought sheep from Noor but was refusing to pay. The duo frequently fought over the issue.
One day, Noor along with Mubashir and Khaliq went to Junaid’s house and took over his two bikes and asked him to give them the money before taking back his two-wheelers. Junaid got furious, decided to settle scores and hatched a plan to kidnap Noor, but unfortunately, Mubashir and Khaliq too accompanied him that day.
