Bengaluru: There seems to be no shortage of bizarre incidents as seen in a recent incident, a woman constable was apprehended for hiring known criminals to chop off her lover’s arm.
The Bengaluru police were sent on a wild goose chase recently by one of their own, when a man, identified as 27-year-old Raveesh, was attacked by three unidentified men at around 6 pm on September 11. The men chopped off his forearm and made away with it and not knowing the identities of the attackers and without an apparent motive, the police were left baffled by the circumstances Now, however, they have sufficient reason to believe that Raveesh’s lover was the “mastermind” behind his attack.
The attack happened in the forest area off Lakshmi Narasimha Temple in Bannerghatta near Anekal when Raveesh, an electrical contractor, was with his lover Jayalakshmi, a woman constable with the VV Puram Traffic Police Station, according to police. There were even videos shot by passers-by after the attack, which showed Jayalakshmi screaming for someone to help Raveesh, which is why the police did not suspect her initially.
They first assumed that Raveesh’s business dealings or his relationship with Jayalakshmi was the reason behind the attack. However, inconsistencies in statements made by Jayalakshmi soon led the sleuths’ to suspect her. When going through her phone call records for further insight into the matter, they found that she was in contact with a known criminal identified as Shravanakumar alias Mental Vijji.
This gave the police another angle to the case and further investigations revealed that Jayalakshmi, who was married to another man, and Raveesh were in a relationship some years ago. They could not get married to each other as they belonged to different castes. However, when Raveesh found out that Jayalakshmi was considering divorcing her husband, he began to pursue her again.
Things went awry, however, when Jayalakshmi wanted to marry Raveesh, but he did not want to, which is what led to her plotting his attack, according to police. It was also learnt that Jayalakshmi had paid Rs 15,000 as an advance, out of the Rs 1.5 lakh that she was supposed to pay the attackers.
Jayalakshmi hired Kumar, a repeat offender, who along with his son Anand, hired Mental Vijji to aid with the assault. According to police, Jayalakshmi believed that Raveesh would have no other choice but to marry her if he lost his arm.
Police arrested Mental Vijji on Saturday morning and recovered Raveesh’s severed arm after taking the accused to the scene of the crime. Vijji was shot in the foot when he tried to escape by strangling a constable named Siddalingaswamy. The police have also arrested the others involved in the case.
Raveesh is currently receiving treatment for his injuries at a private hospital.
