Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi

Udupi, Oct 25: Hiriyadka police have arrested a 45-year-old home nurse for allegedly stealing a gold chain from a woman’s house and recovered the jewellery, valued at Rs 1.85 lac, along with the motorcycle allegedly used in the crime.

The accused has been identified as Umesh Shetty (45), a resident of Subramanya Nagar in Puttur village, Udupi, who was working as a home nurse.

According to the complaint, the incident occurred on September 13 at the house of Bobby Handti, a resident of Badapalu in Kukkehalli village, within the Hiriyadka police station limits.

A man visited her house that morning and claimed to have information about the death of her son, Dinesh. He told her that insurance officials would visit the following day and assured her that he would help her secure a higher insurance payout.

Later that afternoon, Bobby Handti removed a gold chain weighing approximately two sovereigns from her neck and placed it on a table inside the house. The man returned and spoke to her sympathetically, offering consolation. When she went to the garden, he allegedly took the chain from the table and fled.

Following a complaint, Hiriyadka police registered a case and launched an investigation. After examining around 50 to 60 CCTV footage recordings and using technical methods, the police traced Umesh Shetty and took him into custody near his residence on October 23.

The police recovered 15 grams of gold jewellery valued at Rs 1.85 lac, along with the motorcycle allegedly used in the offence.

The accused was produced before the court, which remanded him to judicial custody.

The operation was conducted under the leadership of Udupi sub-division deputy superintendent of police Belliyappa and Brahmavar circle inspector Gopikrishna, with Hiriyadka sub-inspector Puneeth Kumar and police personnel Praveen Rai, Praveen Shetty, Ramesh Herga, Krishna Poojari and Mahantesh.