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Bengaluru Home Invasion Linked to Ex-Driver After 65-Year-Old Survives by Playing Dead

Police suspect a recently fired driver planned the robbery.

Overview

  • Three men posed as a food delivery to enter the home in BSK III Stage around 9:30 pm on Sunday.
  • The assailants gagged the homeowner and stabbed her twice to force access to valuables, then broke open cupboards and stole items.
  • Believing she had died after she went motionless, the attackers left, allowing her to alert neighbours.
  • Residents detained one suspect as two accomplices fled, and police are searching for the remaining attackers.
  • Preliminary findings identify the former driver, Madiwala alias Maddy, as the alleged mastermind, with a suspected grievance over repeated money demands.