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VOL 13 ISSUE 2
Tuesday , December 3 , 2013 Extortion caught on camera
Disabilities day special report
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Skull split by iron rod An argument with a taxi driver leaves a tech park security guard fighting for his life EXCLUSIVE
tially it would have been a very crit-
Apurva Venkat & Nikita Narvekar
he was saved. He is going to be dis-
A
security
guard
ical situation but we were lucky that charged soon. He started walking
was
and is talking to us now. But he still
rushed to hospital aer a
remains in shock and trauma. e
cab driver attacked him
family is supporting him as much as
with a tyre iron.
possible. We are happy that he sur-
Rajyappa, 54, had an argument with
vived. "
the cab driver at the gates of Global
When Rajyappa was asked about
Village Tech Park.
the incident he burst into tears, un-
e driver hit Rajyappa with the
able to speak about it.
iron bar and it lodged in his skull.
When Kamal Prem, security head
Doctors at Balagangadharanatha
at the Global Village, was asked
Swamiji (BGS) Global Hospital
about the incident, he said: “We do
rushed him to surgery and removed
not want to talk about the issue.” Ac-
the iron rod.
cording to BGS Hospital Authori-
B. Raju, another security guard at
ties, the accused was identified by
Global village and an eyewitness to the incident, said: “It was a cab
Rajyappa at the BGS Hospital being treated for the skull fracture aer he was hit with an irod rod
Venkatrammanna added: “A case
driver of Infosys. e two had a fight
from his head. Due to the proximity
in the evening about entering the
of the place of incident, the patient
He was willing to talk but thinking
gate which turned physical and Ra-
could make it just on time. e inci-
of the incident has made him re-
jayyapa was attacked. "
dent happened when the patient re-
member the trauma again. He is
Bhajan Kumar, another guard,
fused to adjust the timing and data
now shied from the ICU to the
said: “We are aware of the incident.
according to the driver’s wishes."
ward. He is doing well and will be
It happened when I was on duty.
discharged soon.”
However, we have not been given
He added: “e cab driver in anger hit him with a wheel jack rod of the
was critical surgery.
was filed at Kengeri police station. e accused has been caught by the Kengeri police.”
car and injured him badly.” e rod
He added: “It was a skull fracture.
penetrated into his skull. e guard
We had to open the skull and open
He added that it was a serious head
was taken to BGS Global Hospital
the covering to the brain. We then
injury and could have led to paraly-
e incident happened on the
immediately.
took out the rod completely and
sis. However, since the rod pene-
same day Jyothi Udaya was attacked
stopped the bleeding.
trated the front portion of the skull
in an ATM in Bangalore, November
the guard was not le paralysed.
19. Both the patients suffered simi-
Dr.
X-ray of Rajyappa aer the attack
the patient.
Venkatrammanna,
Chief
Neuro surgeon at BGS Global Hos-
Only aer this we could conduct
pital, said: “e patient was brought
the surgery. We are happy with the
Kalidas, son of Rajyappa, said:
to the hospital with the rod hanging
recovery the patient has shown as it
“My father is doing fine now. Ini-
any details by any official here.”
lar injuries and had to undergo critical brain surgeries.