Auto-sharing with 2 women and not knowing Kannada cost this Telugu man dearly

Nightmare on Namma Street for flower consumer

The girls beat him up and stole his money; he gave chase and caught the thieves. But what happened subsequent will surprise you even more

An professional commute to the town to shop for plants for a marriage became out to be a nightmare for a 26-year-old man from Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. He was not handiest robbed, but, when the cops got here, was mistook for being the felony and beaten up. He couldn’t explain himself as he did not know Kannada and the real robbers took advantage of it. The fact got here out handiest on the police station when a Telugu-speaking policeman controlled to translate for him.

The cops have arrested one of the crucial gang of 5 (two girls and 3 men) whom the sufferer, Chittibabu, had controlled to nab.

Chittibabu had been sent to Bengaluru with Rs 40,000 in money to shop for plants for wedding decorations. At round 2.30 am on Monday, he got down at Majestic and was having tea within sight when an auto rickshaw stopped in front of him and offered to drop him to City Market where he was headed to shop for plants.

Chittibabu advised BM: “A lady was already sitting inside the auto rickshaw. But I got in any way. On the way in which, another lady got in, and somewhat later the auto stopped again to let in a man who sat subsequent to the driving force.”

Assuming it was some kind of a shared ride association, Chittibabu didn’t say anything. But then another auto rickshaw started following them, they usually stopped at an remoted place in Okalipuram close to Shaneshwara Swamy temple, and he realised he was in bother.
Soon after that, the ladies started assaulting him, asking him handy over his money. Threatening him at knife point, they snatched the Rs 40,000 he was sporting in his pocket and threw him out of the vehicle.

“I got up and ran in the back of the auto rickshaw. But that they had stopped the vehicle and have been distributing the cash among themselves. I ran to them and controlled to catch one of the crucial robbers, but the others, including the ladies, controlled to flee,”
he said.

While the two have been combating, beat policemen noticed them. “As soon as he noticed the cops, he threw the knife at me and advised the cops that I used to be seeking to rob him. The police caught me and started assaulting me,” said Chittibabu.

The two have been taken to the police station, and the truth got here out when a cop on the station, who understood Telugu, listened to his aspect of the story and translated it to the others.

To double-check that Chittibabu was speaking the truth, the cops known as up his employer in AP who showed that Chittibabu was indeed sporting Rs 40,000 to shop for plants for an event.

“They gave me the Rs 8,000 [part of the cash stolen and split between the robbers], that was with the person I had controlled to catch. With that cash, I bought some plants and got here again to Tirupati,” he defined.

An investigating officer said that they have registered a case beneath IPC Section 397 (theft or dacoity with attempt to reason loss of life or grievous harm). “We have discovered the whereabouts of the two girls and two men at large. We cannot disclose the name of the person in our custody,” the officer said.

According to Chittibabu, each girls have been aged between 26 and 30 years; the men have been about the similar age too.