Hunsur: Hunsur Police have arrested seven dacoits who had spread terror among commuters travelling on Mysuru-Virajpet Highway during the nights. The arrested have been identified as Samir alias Abdul Samir 34, of Kunjala village, Sainuddin 27, of Kolageri, P.J. Mohammad Samir of Kunjala Kakkabbe, M.N. Askar 20, of Kunjala, Bheemaraj 32, of Gandinagar in Mysuru, Srinivas 28, of Mandi Mohalla in Musuru and Mahadeva 26, of Bommaluru Agrahara in Srirangapatna taluk, while two other members of the gang — Sadiq of Kunjala near Napoklu in Kodagu and Bresto of Iritty in Kerala — managed to escape.
