Fun World partner shoots himself to death

bangalore: rajaneesh nair aka bablu, son of a.k.nair, a partner of fun world shot himself at his house in marappa garden in j.c.nagar. he was found dead in a pool of blood on thursday. according to the police, the deceased, an engineering graduate, was a spendthrift and a drug addict. frustration in life is suspected to be the motive behind rajaneesh committing suicide.family members said that rajaneesh had the habit of turning on the volume of the television set in his room and so probably never heard any gun shot sounds. on wednesday night too, the volume was turned on high and the family did not suspect anything amiss. however, when he did not open his room till late on thursday, the family members grew suspicious and broke open the door only to find him dead in a pool of blood. a 0.22 licensed revolver belonging to his father was lying beside him and a gun shot wound was found in his temple, the police said. a.k.nair is a well known social worker and he is known organising exhibitions in rbanms grounds every year. sandalwood trees chopped: sandalwood smugglers chopped down two sandalwood trees in jalahalli on wednesday. one tree fell in the jalahalli air force area and another on poornapura road. complaints were registered in gangammanagudi and jalahalli police stations. lok ayukta traps man: a gazetted manager working for the directorate of physically handicapped welfare was trapped by the lok ayukta sleuths while accepting a bribe of rs 10,000 on october 1. the accused r. prakash kumar was taking money from a certain suraiya begum for passing tender orders in her favour. stolen goods recovered: peenya police arrested ramaiah alias rama (21) from doddaballapur on wednesday and recovered electronic gadgets and home appliances worth around rs 30,000 which he had stolen from a police constable's house last year. conman held: the city market police arrested ameen sait of bharathinagar when he was caught selling fake bangalore university marks cards, death and birth certificates of bcc and other fake documents. anthony lobo, an associate of the accused is absconding. jeweller looted: two conmen diverted the attention of a jeweller in chikpet and fled with gold ornaments worth over rs 40,000 on wednesday. ramesh of rajesh jewellers has lodged a complaint with the police. ri for rapists: three youth who had gang raped a woman in 1998 were convicted to four years rigorous imprisonment by the 10th additional sessions judge k. radhakrishna holla on thursday. the hebbal police arrested ranga from bagalur, papu and anjanappa from sanjeevaninagar. public prosecutor shrikanth s. hegde argued the case on behalf of the police. the court also imposed a fine of rs 2,500 each on the convicted. burglar convicted: narayana (20), a burglar was convicted to two years of rigorous imprisonment by the first additional chief metropolitan magistrate. narayana was caught by the yeshwanthapura police in 1998 after he stole valuables from a departmental stores. bomb hoax:a bomb threat at the jayanagar national college disrupted classes for half a day on thursday. the bomb disposal squad and sniffer dogs were pressed in to service after the college authorities received a threatening call. the call proved to be a hoax after thorough search. the police suspect it as the handiwork of some disgruntled students. caption: sniffer dogs looking for explosive substances at the college on thursday.