TV9 Supercop: Bus Hijacked In Bengaluru To Recover Loan Money, Cops Interesting Investigation

TV9 Supercop: Bus Hijacked In Bengaluru To Recover Loan Money, Cops Interesting Investigation
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BENGALURU: A private travel company bus with 42 passengers on board was hijacked by four men posing as Central Crime Branch police officers, allegedly to recover the money lent to the vehicle owner, police said on Saturday.
The men who were later detained, claimed they were from the recovery team of a finance company which had lent money to the company to purchase the bus.
Since the owner of the bus was irregular in paying his" equated monthly installment of his loan, they were left with" no other choice than taking control of the vehicle, police said.
The bus was on the way to Kannur in Kerala on Friday evening when the motorcycle-borne youth stopped it on the Mysuru Road under the limits of Rajarajeshwari Nagar police station in Bengaluru.
The four men said they were from the CCB Bengaluru and" then directed the bus driver to take it to a warehouse in" Pattanagere, leaving the passengers in jitters.
One passenger"contacted the police control room.
Soon more than 30 armed police personnel rushed to the spot and"surrounded the godown.
While one was nabbed instantaneously,"three others on the run were caught after a massive hunt, police said.
"Our investigations are on. At this stage of" investigation, there are four people involved in the crime," they added.
“We intercepted his vehicle at Hanchala Gate and took him for questioning,” said a senior officer.
“Based on the information, we were able to track down the three accused. We are conducting a background check to see if they have a criminal background.”
Ravi D. Channannavar, DCP (West) said: “We are going to take stringent action against the accused as it should be deterrent to others. The accused have violated the rules and used criminal force to recover the money, which attract strict punishment.”
A spokesperson for Fullerton said that the firm was cooperating with the police.
“We have constituted an internal inquiry into the incident with the collection