Stabbing spree: One more succumbs to injuries in Bengaluru

BENGALURU: One more person stabbed by a 30-year-old daily-wage labourer, who went on the rampage in

Cottonpet

on Sunday, succumbed to

injuries

in a

hospital

on Monday. The deceased is Rajesh, 30, a

daily-wage worker

.


The accused, M Ganesh has been remanded in three-day

police custody

. He allegedly stabbed six persons in 30 minutes on a 2-km stretch in Anjanappa Garden, Chalavadi Palya and Bakshi Garden areas of Cottonpet before he was caught by police. “Ganesh appears to be mentally unstable and doctors at

KC General hospital

have referred him to Nimhans,” police said.

Mari R, 30, a labourer, succumbed to injuries on Sunday. Two injured workers —Velayudham and Suresh —underwent surgeries on Monday. Prakash and Anand sustained injuries on their hands and are out of danger.