A 45-year-old mechanic was allegedly beaten to death in front of his children on refusal to pay an extortion demand in Bengaluru’s Wilson Garden on Sunday night, the official said.
The deceased, identified as Rasheed Pasha, was attacked near Bada Makan Road, Bangalore, at around 9 pm. As per the police, he was assaulted by three men with a bat and bamboo sticks. The assault resulted in fatal injuries.
Pasha worked as a jeep mechanic and had started constructing a shop in the area recently. Earlier on Sunday, he had carried out interior finishing work at the shop.
The accused later allegedly noticed the construction and demanded Rs 50,000 as protection money, which Pasha refused to pay, leading to a heated argument between the two.
As per the reports, the confrontation started in the morning, and the group later returned at night and demanded the money yet again. Pasha reportedly refused again, leading the accused to attack him with a bat and bamboo sticks and then flee the area where the incident occurred.
Pasha’s two children were present when the attack took place. Pasha was later rushed to a hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries. A murder case has been registered, and a search for the accused is underway. Meanwhile, Pasha’s body has been shifted to Victoria Hospital for post-mortem.
After visiting the spot, Central Division DCP Akshay Machindra said the hospital had provided a medico-legal case report. “The victim was working here as a mechanic. A case has been registered, and efforts are underway to trace the accused. The exact reason behind the incident is being investigated,” he said.
The incident occurred ahead of another murder incident allegedly over money. A 31-year-old scrap dealer, Arib, was stabbed to death, and his body was dumped in Faridabad. Police said the partially decomposed body, with multiple stab wounds, was recovered from a large vegetation-covered plot in Sector 60 between 3:15 pm and 3:30 pm on Tuesday, though investigators believe the murder occurred on Friday.
The deceased left his house for work on Sunday with Rs. 200,000 in cash. Soon after, a message was sent from his phone saying he needed another Rs. 2,000, which his brother transferred.
“A message came from his phone to his younger brother saying he needed ₹2,000 more; the brother transferred the money. After that, Arib’s phone was switched off,” Arib said.
“The family thought he would return home, but when a lot of time passed and he did not come back, they filed a report with the police,” he said.
“After that, the search continued for three to four days. The call details were traced, and the police eventually reached Faridabad,” he added.
The family further revealed that during the checking of call detail records (CDR), the police found that his last conversation was with 25-year-old Harsh, who is a resident of East Delhi’s Karawal Nagar. On further investigation, it was found that his phone was with Rahul, a resident of Faridabad.
“When the police reached Faridabad, Rahul had already left his house two days earlier,” Arib’s uncle said.
The police, with the help of technical surveillance, tracked Rahul’s location to Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh, leading the joint team of Delhi Police and Faridabad Police to reach Aligarh on Tuesday and arrest Rahul, the Indian Express reported. Police said the body had been partially mutilated by stray animals before it was discovered.
Police said Rahul allegedly confessed during questioning that he killed Arib on Saturday afternoon and dumped the body in a forested area of Sector 61, Adarsh Nagar, in Faridabad.
“Rahul revealed that he carried out the crime with the help of one Babu. The two had a financial dispute with Arib. When Arib arrived in Faridabad, they lured him to Ballabgarh on the pretext of showing him goods. They tied his hands and killed him. The men then proceeded to rob his scooter and Rs 2.5 lakh in cash,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rohit Rajbir said. Following this, police arrested Babu from Faridabad.
Yashpal Yadav, public relations officer of Faridabad police, as reported by the Hindustan Times, said, “They are being quizzed. It has come to light that there was a financial dispute between them, which resulted in the murder.”
