BENGALURU: A 34-year-old gram panchayat (GP) member and his friend have been arrested in Ramanagara district for allegedly murdering a 36-year-old two-wheeler rider in a road rage incident on July 1.
The accused are GP member Raghavendra and Babu, 32, a local functionary with a regional political party. Both are residents of Solur village near Magadi. The deceased is Syed Masood, a resident of Dinnur Main Road, RT Nagar. Masood, a welder, had visited Hebbur, near Kunigal, with his friend Nawab Khan for work on July 1. They were returning to the city on a scooter Masood was riding. They reached Solur junction around 9.30pm and hit two pedestrians, who had allegedly walked on to the road abruptly. The pedestrians fell down.
