Bengaluru: Continuing its crackdown on habitual offenders and organised crime, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) has detained a rowdy sheeter under the Goonda Act as part of its preventive policing measures.The accused, Srinivasa Gowda alias ‘Havali Seena’ (26), a rowdy sheeter at Hanumanthanagar police station, was detained by the CCB’s organised crime squad on Wednesday. A court subsequently ordered that he be lodged at Central Prison, Ballari.According to police, Srinivasa is involved in 13 criminal cases, most of them related to attempted murder. He is also accused of repeatedly engaging in criminal activities and evading court proceedings.Police said that since the beginning of 2026, a total of 110 rowdy sheeters involved in criminal activities have been externed from Bengaluru city limits. Additionally, action under the Karnataka Control of Organised Crime Act (KCOCA) has been initiated against 34 criminals linked to five organised criminal gangs.
