bangalore shantamurthy a constable with the city armed reserve car armed himself with a machete and knife early on sunday morning he was playing cops and robbers but with a twist the rogue constable was trying to hold up a private bank employee who had stopped his car for a couple of minutes on a dark stretch of hosur road shanthamurthy 31 and his aide vijayendra 23 a coconut vendor were caught redhanded by a hoysala beat team passing by saipoorna had stopped his car near star bazaar in koramangala 7th block to answer natures call it was around 1am sunday and saipoorna was returning home to ayyappa garden in koramangala as he walked to his car two men approached him their faces covered armed with lethal weapons they held the weapons at the door and demanded money as a stunned saipoorna debated what he could do a hoysala patrol vehicle arrived spotting something suspicious the team moved in and the duo took to their heels however the cops caught up and nabbed them it was only at the police station that shantamurthy revealed that he was a constable he admitted that he had teamed up with vijayendra to make some quick money when we arrested them both were extremely drunk we checked his details and verified that he was a cop with car south said a police official both men were booked for attempting armed robbery and sent to judicial custody sources in car said shantamurthy was a rogue cop and had absented himself for the past two months police had even stuck a notice in front of his house in the adugodi police residential quarters demanding that he return to work but he had continued to play truant shantamurthy was inducted as a driver with the dog squad but when he was found to be irregular at work he was transferred to the car however his colleagues said he had turned alcoholic after his wife left him a few years ago