Police take habitual offender into custody for plotting to eliminate his rival

The Siddapura police have taken gangster Rizwan, 35, into custody from the Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, to probe his alleged role in a plot to eliminate a rival habitual offender while he was i

The Siddapura police have taken gangster Rizwan, 35, into custody from the Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, to probe his alleged role in a plot to eliminate a rival habitual offender while he was in prison in April this year. An FIR has been filed against Rizwan and nine of his associates for attempting to kill his rival Raghu in front of a hospital in Basavanagudi. He was driving towards the hospital to visit his wife and newborn child, and escaped. The plot came to light when the police, during a random vehicle check on T. Mariyappa Road in June, intercepted a known habitual offender, Naveen, 27, who was on a scooter with two of his associates. ASI Shivakumar tried to stop Naveen who attacked him with a chopper in an attempt to escape. The ASI along with the help of two of his associates gave a chase, and caught Naveen and two others on the scooter, Prasanna and Somashekhar.