Two of the gang members, who were detained in a murder case, revealed their involvement in robberies

The Bangalore police have solved a murder case and several cases of robbery with the arrest of a four-member gang, who were operating across the city.

HSR Layout police identified the accused as Satish (20), Shankar (21), Muruga (26) and Ranga (24), arrested for the alleged murder of Nazar (23), on January 20.

A policeman chasing a criminal on a busy road with revolver in his hand! No, this is not a scene from an action thriller from Bollywood but what actually happened at Bapunagar on Wednesday.

Roozan Bharucha, who allegedly attempted suicide on Tuesday afternoon at his residence in Satellite area by consuming over 40 anti-depression pills, has regained consciousness.

However, his parents, Parvez Bharucha and Beroz Bharucha, who had also tried to end their lives in a similar fashion, are still unconscious.

The Satellite police recovered three suicide notes from the spot written by Roozan, in which he mentioned about the mental torture he was going through because of his family members, said a source in the police.

The Satellite police are yet to arrest people involved in the attack on noted social worker and environment activist Sandra Jhala. Jhala (53), who is undergoing treatment at Medilink hospital near Syamal crossroads, was attacked in her flat in Parth Apartment near Jodhpur road allegedly by her neighbours late on Monday night.

Even two days after the incident, the police are yet to record her version. Jhala, who is also president of an NGO, Animal Lover, was brutally hit on her head by the attackers.

The Bund Garden police have invoked the Information Technology Act, 2000 against two suspects involved in a fraud case. The two duped an auto showroom located in Koregaon Park to the tune of Rs80 lakh in the last one year.

The two suspects — Vishal Hawale (24) of Chandannagar and Sanjay Pardeshi (43) of Dhankavdi — were produced before judicial magistrate (first class) Jyoti Purkar on Wednesday. They have been remanded to magisterial custody.

The suspects were arrested on February 20 this year after the owner of the auto showroom Palindarsingh Avatarsing Bedi (80) lodged a complaint with the police.

According to the police, the two were working in the accounts section of the showroom.

Two men accused of car-jacking and theft — Stephen Fernandes and Vijayan Joseph — were acquitted by a sessions court after the defence successfully proved that the police had detained them illegally.

Last year, on April 2, Jalashankar Shukla complained that he was carjacked by two persons at Santa Cruz. He said the carjackers had a revolver and asked him to drive to Vikhroli where he was dropped off and the car stolen.

The prosecution said the police had arrested Fernandes and Joseph on April 15 in connection with the case. But when the trial began, doubts about the case surfaced after Shukla deposed that the police had showed him two photographs of the accused on April 6, after which they were arrested.