Nazneen, the accused’s mother, said being a mother herself she understands the extreme grief that the victims’ family isgoing through and the death of her son in a shootout is “justified”. “If he has done wrong, he got what he deserved,” she can be heard saying in a video. Babu, Sajid’s father, was taken to the police station for questioning on Wednesday.

The incident took place Wednesday evening when the victim Anil Kumar had gone to a market for some work and Akhilesh along with five others allegedly caught hold of him, tied him to a tree and thrashed him, the CO said

Following the mishap, trains are being operated only between Magadi road and Whitefield. Services between Magadi road and Challaghatta have been suspended