Woman with knife creates panic at Bangalore Lokayukta office

Mangalore Today News Network

Bengaluru, May 04, 2018 :  Lokayukta Justice P Vishwanath Shetty resumed work after recovering from a knife attack, a 57-year-woman was apprehended while trying to enter his office with a kitchen knife in her bag on Thursday.

 

The woman, identified as Sonu alias Sonia Rani alias Soubhagya, is a resident of Hosahalli in Vijayanagar in the city.

According to the police, Sonu was apprehended after the door frame metal detector at the Lokayukta building entrance started beeping continuously after she walked through it around 11 am. The woman police staff insisted that they check her bag and found a kitchen knife.

The knife and the bag were seized and Sonu was taken to the Vidhana Soudha police station. The woman police constable deployed at the entrance, Sunanda Bai, lodged a complaint against Sonu.

Preliminary investigations revealed that Sonu is a widow and had filed six complaints at the Lokayukta office related to property issues. She claimed to the police that she had come to file her seventh complaint and was upset over the delay in disposal of her petitions.

Police sources hinted that Sonu seemed mentally disturbed but said only doctors could confirm that.

Meanwhile, the police also said Sonu had an adopted son named Vinay (27), who is a paralytic and is being treated at K R Hospital in Mysuru.