BENGALURU: Eleven members belonging to the notorious Ramji Nagar gang, known to divert people’s attention to steal their valuables, have been arrested.
Police officers claim they have solved 42 cases — reported in Whitefield, Mahadevapura, Marathahalli, Ashok Nagar, Devanahalli, Sarjapur, Tumakuru, Udupi, and Chikkamagaluru — with these arrests.
They seized seven laptops, one iPhone, a camera, and Rs 50,000 in cash from the gang. The suspects are Rajanikanth alias Rajani, 48; Sundar Rajan alias Sudan, 40; Senthil Kumar, 46; Gopal, 39; Venkatesh alias Ravi alias Suresh alias Koka, 48; Subramani, 55; Shivakumar alias Sarru, 40; Murali alias Mohan, 33; Murthy, 27; Muruganandam, 28; and Kumar P, 48. They are all residents of Ramji Nagar in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu.
Bengaluru police commissioner Kamal Pant said the arrests were made during the course of an investigation into a recent case of a laptop being stolen from a car in Marathahalli.
