Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (SS)

Udupi, Nov 25: The Hiriyadka police took into custody a woman and recovered the stolen ornaments from the accused woman and produced her before a court.

The woman is identified as Rekha Hebballi Bagalkote. She was appointed as a home nurse by Vasanth Shetty to look after his aged mother Saraswathi (98) through Udupi Usha Marriage Bureau and Job Links Agency. Rekha Hebballi looked after Saraswathi for a few days and on November 21, when no one was at home she stole gold ornaments worth Rs 1.45 lac that Saraswathi had worn and fled the house.

Suspecting Rekha's involvement in the theft, Saraswathi's son Vasanth Shetty filed a complaint with Hiriyadka police on November 24 and a case was registered.

The police took into custody Rekha Hebballi on the same day and recovered all the stolen ornaments from her.

The members of the public were all praise for the swift police action and at the same time they expressed their misgivings against home nursing agencies who without doing any background check of women appoint them as home nurses and are sent to various homes.

The operation to nab Rekha Hebballi Bagalkote was conducted under the guidance of superintendent of police Akshay M, and under the leadership of police inspector Sri Siddalingappa K S, additional superintendent of police of Udupi sub-division Sudhakar Nayak, Brahmavara police circle inspector Anantha Padmanabha, Hiriyadka police PSI Anil B M in which ASIs Jayanth, Sundar, head constable Dayananda Prabhu, Raghu, Raghavendra Kamath, constables Adarsha, Bheemappa, Nithin, Nabi, Karthik Rajeshwari, Surekha, Jyothi, Nagarathna, Sumalatha and Jayalakshmi also took part.