Bengaluru knife attacker comes from family of history-sheeters, 4 police teams formed to trace him

Police sources said his begetter Suresh was besides a history-sheeter successful eastbound Bengaluru, portion his older member Vishnu S has had six cases of robbery and battle against him successful assorted constabulary stations successful Bengaluru from 2018. The constabulary said the household lives successful the Binnamangala slum adjacent Byappanahalli successful eastbound Bengaluru.

The modus operandi successful the robbery cases filed against Kadamba successful the past is 1 wherever helium and 1 oregon 2 of his associates ambush bikers connected the streets precocious astatine nighttime and rob them, arsenic per the police. The respective cases registered against Kadamba successful eastbound Bengaluru see a mobile telephone robbery successful 2024, a motorbike robbery successful the aforesaid year, different motorbike theft successful 2023, 2 abstracted battle cases, and a location burglary successful 2022.

Notably, respective members of his family, including his mother, brother, and sister, are besides accused successful the location burglary case. In each the cases, chargesheets person been filed and Kadamba was released connected bail oregon anticipatory bail.

In the bid of 5 slashings, Kadamba, allegedly successful an inebriated condition, attacked 2 pani puri vendors, a information guard, a transportation cause and a 19-year-old antheral who refused to springiness him a thrust aft helium forcibly sat connected the scooter by brandishing a knife.

The bid of slashings wherever the victims were slashed either connected their necks oregon hands began astatine astir 9.30 p.m. connected Saturday and culminated with the robbery of a scooter and a mobile telephone from a transportation cause astatine astir 2.30 americium successful the aboriginal hours of Sunday. The Indiranagar constabulary person filed 5 abstracted FIRs against Kadamba implicit these weapon attacks.

The quality of the slashings dispersed rapidly connected Sunday and Monday among the nonmigratory payment groups successful Indiranagar, starring immoderate to suggest the anticipation of a serial killer.