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Dandupalya — village — Coordinates Country India State Karnataka Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Dandupalya is a small village situated near Bangalore on the Bangalore-Chennai National Highway four. The village lies to the left as you drive from Hoskote towards Bangalore.
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Demography
The village is mainly populated by Kuruba Gowdas, Vokkaligas and Dalits, with small numbers of people from other different communities. The main occupation of majority of villagers is agriculture.
The Dandupalya Gang
The village gained prominence between 1999 and 2001 when some villagers started committing crimes like robbery, dacoity and murders in neighboring towns, especially in Bangalore. The gang consisted of men, women and children. The main tactic of the gang was to zero in on a house and watch the activities of the members of the household. The gang would find the time of day when few people were in the targeted household and kill the people by slitting their throats. The primary motive was the money and other valuables. The slitting of throats of their victims became a trade mark of the Dandupalya gang and about 75 murders and the same number dacoities were committed by the gang. The Bangalore police had to set up a special branch to deal with the gang.
Conviction
The core members of the gang were arrested and were sentenced to life term in jail for their crimes. The six convicted were Dodda Hanuma alias Hanuma; Krishna alias Dandupalya Krishna alias Hosakote Krishna; Chinnappa; Venkatram; Munikrishna; and Thimma alias Kothi Thimma. Though some believe that the number of people in the gang were anywhere between 20-100.
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Categories:- Villages in Bangalore Rural district
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