Mandya, Nov. 21 -- Three engineering students arrested for robbing travellers on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway

In a disturbing case of crime fuelled by addiction to online betting and a lavish lifestyle, Mandya Police have busted a highway robbery gang led by engineering students from Bengaluru.

Three engineering students - Kiran, Kushal Babu and Gokul - have been arrested for luring bus passengers into cars, threatening them mid-route and robbing them to fund their online betting habits.

While Kiran and Kushal Babu are seventh semester students at a reputed engineering college in Bengaluru, Gokul, also an engineering student, is the brother of another student from the same institution.

They were produced in the Court on Wednesday and case...