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Marathahalli

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Two Tanzanian ATM skimmers arrested

skimming devices

Law student arrested for raping classmate

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A 25-year-old woman was shot by a man in front of herinon Tuesday evening. The victim, Subhashree Priyadarshini was grievously injured and was immediately rushed to the nearby hospital where she is currently undergoing treatment. Priyadarshini, was a native of Odisha and worked in NIMHANS. Police said that she is unmarried and is living in the city from past two years.Deputy commissioner of police, Whitefield, MN Anucheth said that the accused was a known person and the police have formed two teams to nab him.According to the police, the incident took place around 6 pm in front of ladies PG in Manjunath Layout, Munnekolala, where she was residing. The accused shot her once using a 7.65 mm country made pistol which had been recovered by the police from the spot.Marathahalli police have registered a case and are examining thefrom the area.*****Two students from Tanzania have been arrested for reportedly installing skimmers at ATM kiosks and cheating the public. The two are pursing degree s in pharmacy in two different colleges in the city. After college hours, they would go looking for ATM kiosks in the city’s outskirts with no security. After installing the skimmers, they would steal data of debit card users and withdraw money from their accounts.The arrested have been identified as Alex Mendrad Mseke, 24, residing at Yelahanka and George Genes Assey, 24, resident of KS Layout. Both are from Tanzania and had come into the country on student visas. The two accused students are suspected to be part of a bigger gang who were installingin the city’s outskirts on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Road.The police have recovered a car, two bikes, a laptop, mobile phones, duplicate ATM cards and other items from the accused.The trickster duo have been arrested by the Kudur police and further investigations are on.*****A 25-year-old law student was arrested by the Yelahanka police after he allegedlyhis classmate, by spiking her tea. The two were studying in the same university and the accused had promised to marry her. On the pretext of going to his house to get assignment papers, the accused spiked her tea and raped her.The accused has been identified as Abdul Hameed, a resident of Kattigenahalli and a first year LLB student. . The complainant, a 19-year-old student, claimed that the two classmates were in love. “He promised me that he would marry me. On November 16, he took me to his room saying that he had left his assignment papers. He offered me tea after which I started feeling dizzy. He locked the door and raped me against my will. He then threatened to kill me and asked me not to tell anyone. I narrated the ordeal to my mother and later filed a complaint with the police,” she stated.The Yelahanka police who had taken up a case against him, arrested him and sent him to judicial custody.