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Bengaluru Firing: Man Shot During Roadside Altercation, Fake Astrologer Arrested
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News18•14-10-2026, 21:46
Bengaluru Firing: Man Shot During Roadside Altercation, Fake Astrologer Arrested
- •An altercation broke out between Mental Seena and Gottigere Sampangi near the Pillaganahalli NICE Bridge in Bengaluru, leading to a shooting.
- •Enraged during the heated argument, Gottigere Sampangi shot Seena in the leg using his licensed gun and fled the scene, with old rivalry suspected as the motive.
- •Konanakunte police rushed to the spot after being alerted by locals, shifted the injured Seena to a hospital, and registered a case.
- •In a separate incident, Byatarayanapura police arrested a fake astrologer named Venkatesh for cheating a 62-year-old woman named Shantamma of 40 lakhs worth gold.
- •The accused used an AI-generated video of an accident to deceive the elderly woman when she demanded her jewelry back, but police successfully nabbed him and recovered 200 grams of gold.
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The shooting incident occurred near the Pillaganahalli NICE Bridge in Bengaluru, where Gottigere Sampangi shot Mental Seena in the leg with his licensed gun following an altercation.
The Konanakunte police station registered a case regarding the shooting incident and preliminary information suggests the attack may have been due to an old rivalry.
Venkatesh was arrested by the Byatarayanapura police after he went into hiding following the scam, and authorities successfully recovered 200 grams of gold jewelry from the fraudster.
