The deceased, Jayanth alias Battery Jayanth, 35, was a native of Tumakuru.
Bike-borne Jayanth and Yatheesh had snatched a chain in Mahimapura around 6.45pm Sunday from Lakshmi B, 29, a resident of Mallapura in Magadi, according to police. Because he had been in police custody before escaping from the ambulance Sunday, the circumstances have raised questions, particularly. The suspicious death has raised questions, with his family making allegations against police, while cops have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. A search was launched but no complaint was reportedly filed by ambulance staff at the time.
Lakshmi told police Jayanth robbed her chain by attacking her with a dagger. Police said they contacted informing her Jayanth’s sister about the death, but she refused to claim the body. Locals chased and caught the duo and allegedly assaulted them before handing them over to Hoysala police from Nelamangala Rural police station. Jayanth and Yatheesh pretended to have fallen unconscious. Police then took them in an ambulance, with a Hoysala vehicle as escort. But when police personnel got another emergency call, they reportedly stopped escorting the ambulance. the two suspects allegedly pushed the staff and escaped While the ambulance was near Nelamangala. They only orally informed Nelamangala Rural police about the incident. The matter took a serious turn when Jayanth’s body was found in the lake in Govenahalli Monday. Jayanth’s lawyer Manjunath claimed it was not an accidental death but a planned murder. “Jayanth has been my client for several years. Police opened fire at him twice and he also met with an accident,” Manjunath alleged.