london an indianorigin shopkeeper is being hailed as brave after he wrestled a knifewielding thief to the ground in northern england sandeep yadala 30 was injured after grappling the robber to the ground in the second attack his shop in timperley greater manchester has seen in a matter of months during the latest incident last week he suffered slash wounds to his side and right hand as he grabbed the intruder disarmed him and pinned him to the ground until police arrived the sun reported local police arrived three minutes later and arrested a 15yearold raider and praised yadala as brave the raider is alleged to have asked for cigarettes but when the shopkeeper asked for an id to check his age the suspect threatened him with a knife the suspect has now been released on bail yadala previously tackled a gang of four masked raiders when they stormed into his shop in february last year he was seen on cctv cameras in the previous incident fighting one of the four as they stole cigarettes worth 3000 pounds yadala who came to the uk to pursue a postgraduate degree manages the store part time