Bengaluru: Five gang, including a journalist, has been arrested for allegedly robbing a family of brokers on the RMV II stage.
Some gang members posed as an income tax official and took cash 3.5 lakh and two air guns.
Defendant Manjunath, Sub-Editor with Kannada Tabloid Aarakshaka Suddi and a resident of Sanjayanagar, and his colleagues Mohammed Syed Rabbani, Kumar, Dharmesh aka Rudresh, \ and Prashanth alias Jayanth, all real estate brokers.
The police said Manjunath was the mastermind.
The incident occurred between 8:45 a.m.
and 9:45 a.m.
on January 23.
Rabbani and Prashanth introduced themselves as I-T officials and said they had to find a broker’s residence.
They searched a room and took an air gun and cash.
Chetan R, 22, a law student, filed a police case against them.
He said his father Ramesh was a real estate businessman and died last year after a health problem.
Ramesh has some family monthly property and income in Lakh Rupee.
Chetan’s sister, mother and grandmother are at home when fake I-T attacks take place.
When he learned about it, he rushed to the police, which registered a robbery and cheating case.
A team led by Inspector Balaraj J caught five people and took cash 1.7 lakh, two air guns, one car and fake ID card from them.
Chetan said his father had a license for a gun.
The gang was said to have claimed to commit a similar violation a few months ago.