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Bengaluru Bike-Taxi Rider Arrested in Women’s PG Break-In and Assault

Investigators say CCTV footage was pivotal to identifying Naresh Pattem, who had moved to the city after bail in earlier robbery cases.

The police had traced the culprit using the CCTV footage.
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Overview

  • Sudduguntepalya police arrested Naresh Pattem, 30, for entering Laxmana Durga Ladies PG in BTM Layout and attacking a 21-year-old tenant on August 29 between 3 am and 4 am.
  • Police say he took advantage of an open entrance and a sleeping guard, locked another room from the outside, and then threatened the victim with a knife before taking Rs 2,500.
  • Officers reviewed footage from hundreds of cameras and obtained a clip showing the intruder inside the victim’s room for nearly two minutes before fleeing down the staircase.
  • Pattem is a native of Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, working in Bengaluru as a bike-taxi driver and residing in Electronic City, according to police.
  • He has been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 75, 76 and 329(3), and police say he is in custody as the investigation continues.