The daily observer, vol 13, issue 2

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Observer The Daily

VOL 13 ISSUE 2

Tuesday , December 3 , 2013 Extortion caught on camera

Disabilities day special report

Woman tried to sell her baby

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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 aer 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 aer 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 shied 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 aer the attack

the patient.

Venkatrammanna,

Chief

Neuro surgeon at BGS Global Hos-

Only aer 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.


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