Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Bengaluru Pharmacist Killed Despite Police Warning to Stay Alert
Syed Suhail owned a medical shop in Bengaluru.
He was 37 years old.
On August 22, a group of men attacked him with machetes during a traffic jam.
The attack happened in the Madiwala area.
Police had earlier told him to be careful because of a rivalry between two groups.
Suhail and people working with him then asked the Central Crime Branch for help.
Police said their warning was not based on information about a specific planned attack.
It was connected to Suhail’s alleged association with men accused in another murder case.
Medical shop owner Syed Suhail, 37, was hacked to death in Bengaluru’s Madiwala on August 22.
A group of men reportedly attacked Suhail with machetes during a traffic jam.
Police had previously cautioned Suhail to remain alert amid rivalry between two groups.
Suhail and associates approached the Central Crime Branch over concerns about his safety.
The warning was based on Suhail’s alleged links to three men accused in Syed Shabbir’s January murder, not specific intelligence about a planned attack.
- Who
- Medical shop owner and pharmacist Syed Suhail was killed; police said the attackers were a group of men.
- What
- Suhail was fatally hacked with machetes.
- When
- The killing occurred on August 22; the police caution came beforehand.
- Where
- The attack took place during a traffic jam in Madiwala, Bengaluru.
- Why
- Sources linked the warning and the broader tension to rivalry between two groups and Suhail’s alleged association with three men accused in the January murder of Syed Shabbir.
- Victim
- Syed Suhail, a 37-year-old pharmacist and medical shop owner
- Location
- Madiwala, Bengaluru
- Date of killing
- August 22
- Weapon reported
- Machetes
- Police action before attack
- Police cautioned Suhail to remain alert
- Safety concerns
- Suhail and his associates approached the Central Crime Branch
- Related case
- Three men associated with Suhail were accused in the January murder of rowdy-sheeter Syed Shabbir