A terror assault and 4 ugly murders

Video seize photographs of Rameshwaram Cafe in Brookefield after an improvised explosive gadget went off there on March 1, 2024.

Within the yr passed by, 2024, Bengaluru once more grew to become a goal of a terror assault after a decade. The case the place Kannada movie actor Darshan was arrested for the ugly homicide of considered one of his followers, Renukaswamy, hogged a lot limelight. Town was additionally rocked by three murders the place working ladies had been killed by their male buddies.

Rameshwaram Cafe blast 

An Improvised Explosive Machine (IED) stored in a bag at The Rameshwaram Cafe, in Brookefield, exploded injuring 9 individuals on March 1. The final such terror assault within the metropolis was on December 28, 2014 in Church Road, that killed one individual. 

The Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) that took over the probe into the case arrested two key terror accused Abdul Matheen Taaha and Mussavir Hussain Shazib, each hailing from Thirthahalli, from the outskirts of Kolkata in April. CCTV footage from the restaurant and its environment confirmed that Shazib was the one who planted the IED. 

With the arrest of the duo, on the run from 2020, the infamous Thirthahalli terror module is alleged to have been neutralised. The duo got here on the radar of safety companies in January 2020, when the state police busted the Al Hind module the place a gaggle of Muslim radicals from Karnataka and Tamil Nadu had been allegedly making an attempt to determine a Islamic State-like insurgency. Whereas the remaining had been arrested, Taaha and Shazib absconded and allegedly put collectively a module with different radicalized youths in Thirthahalli. This module was allegedly concerned in a terror graffiti case in Mangaluru, a trial blast case in Shivamogga and a failed cooker blast assault in Mangaluru in 2022.

Pavitra Gowda and Darshan

Darshan arrested for ugly homicide of his fan

The case that hogged probably the most consideration in 2024 was the homicide of Renukaswamy in June. An unidentified physique was present in a drain in Kamakshipalya, and a day later 4 folks turned up on the police station confessing to the homicide. Nevertheless, their interrogation led the police to the doorways of Kannada movie actor Darshan and his associate Pavitra Gowda. A sordid story of on-line sexual harassment, abduction, torture, homicide and a coverup unravelled.

Renukaswamy had allegedly been sending lewd messages and specific movies to Pavitra Gowda on Instagram. Angered by this, Darshan allegedly received him kidnapped from Chitradurga, received him to a shed in Pattanagere and allegedly beat him up which finally killed him. A complete of 17 accused had been arrested and chargesheeted within the case.

Darshan was granted interim bail for six weeks in October on medical grounds. Earlier than the six weeks ended, he was granted bail by the Excessive Courtroom on December 13.

Three ugly murders

Three instances the place working ladies had been killed by their male buddies underscored the vulnerabilities confronted by ladies within the metropolis. 

In a very ugly case, a lady’s extremely decomposed physique chopped into 52 items was discovered stuffed in a fridge in Vyalikawal in September. The deceased Mahalakshmi, 29, from a migrant household from Nepal, was working at a mall and considered one of her colleagues turned out to be her killer. Earlier than the police may attain him, Mukti Ranjan Roy, ended his life in Odisha. In an identical vein, a vlogger from Assam Maya Gogoi, 19, was discovered lifeless at a service condo in Indiranagar the place she checked into together with her male pal in November. Police arrested the accused Aarav Hanoi, 22, whom she met on-line by way of a courting app. 

Earlier in July, Kruti Kumari, 24, hailing from Bihar was stabbed to demise at a PG lodging in Koramangala by a person who barged into the power. The accused Abhishekh Ghosi, 23, from Madhya Pradesh, was upset over Kruti Kumari’s roommate who had damaged up with him. He reportedly got here to assault his former girlfriend and attacked Kruti Kumari as an alternative when he didn’t discover her. Police arrested the accused from Madhya Pradesh and have even chargesheeted the case.