BENGALURU: Rowdy Malayali Madhu and his associates, who were arrested on July 15 by Kumaraswamy Layout police, reportedly switched from heinous crimes to drug peddling to meet their daily expenses.
Malayali Madhu alias Madhusudhan alias Madhukar alias Rock Madhu, 39, is facing nine cases, including one for a double murder reported in August 2019. His fellow accused in the murder case, Likhin KB, 26, is involved in five crimes and is among the arrested from a plywood factory at Yelachenahalli.
Sources said Madhu and Likhin hacked their rivals Manjunath alias Tamma Manja and his associate Vinay Reddy to death in JP Nagar. The duo was arrested and released from jail a few months ago. Facing financial difficulties in maintaining the lifestyle of gang members, the duo began selling ganja, sources said.
KS Layout police inspector P Shivakumar and team received information that Madhu and his gang would gather at the plywood factory. Cops managed to nab 13 persons and seize 21kg of ganja.
They include: Kariyappa alias Kishore, 24, of Kashinagar, who is facing four cases; Jabiullah, 36, of Mysuru (three cases); Ayyappa M, 30, of Jayanagar; Sagar, 25, and Sumanth, 20 from Konanakunte; Kiran Kumar, 29, of Gangadharanagar; Munikrishna alias Byregowda, 25, of KS Layout; Shivaraj Kumar, 27, of Kanakapura; Pramoda, 32, of Austin Town; Manjunath, 27, of Kanakapura and Stalin, 36, of Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
