Women s attacker in Bengaluru ATM kiosk arrested in Andhra

Bengaluru, Feb 4: The alleged attacker of a woman at an ATM kiosk here over three years ago was arrested from Andhra Pradesh, said Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Saturday.

"The accused (K. Madhukar Reddy) was arrested at Madanpalle in a joint operation by the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh police," Parameshwara told reporters here.

Madanpalle is in Andhra's Chittoor, about 140km from here.



An unidentified man in mid-30s attacked Jyothi Uday, 38, with a machete when she was drawing cash from the ATM of the state-run Corporation Bank in the city centre on November 19, 2013. She is an employee of the same bank.

Though the CCTV camera in the kiosk vividly captured the horrifying incident, the attacker was at large, despite police launching a manhunt for him in both the states over the past 40 months and circulating his picture to trace him.

"A constable on duty identified Reddy at a bus stand in the town on January 31 and was taken into custody as he was wanted in many crimes, including a murder in Andhra. During interrogation, he admitted to have been also involved in the ATM attack on the victim in Bengaluru," said a Chittoor police official.

A police team from the city has rushed to Madanpalle to bring Reddy to the city after getting a transit remand from the local court on Sunday.