Overview

• Police say areca nut trader Hemant from Tumakuru met Rajasthan residents Motaram and Laxmi Devi in Hulimavu to transfer cash linked to a business deal.
• Two assailants posing as policemen filmed the victims and the money, assaulted them, and pursued their car before forcing them to a vacant site.
• The gang illegally confined the trio for nearly two hours, demanded ₹10 lakh, and robbed ₹1.01 crore along with vehicles and mobile phones.
• Hemant alerted his employer during the ordeal, and the employer contacted the Subramanyapura assistant commissioner of police, triggering the swift on-site rescue and recovery.
• Police named the arrested as Narasimha, Jeevan, Kishore, Venkataraju, Chandiran, Kumar, Ravi Kiran, and Naman, noting prior murder and robbery cases for two accused, with a case registered at Hulimavu Police Station and the investigation ongoing.