Mangalore: Police Nab Inter-state Gang of Thieves, Recover Stolen Goods
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (PS)
Mangalore, Jun 19: Police have arrested seven persons, including three women, in connection with recent inter-state thefts, informed SP Abhishek Goyal at a press meet here on Tuesday June 19.
Three special police squads formed by SP Abhishek Goyal arrested the seven near Bantwal-Kadur highway near Charmady village of Beltangady taluk on June 4, he said.
The arrested are N Basavaraj (23), N Lokesh (24), Saroja (44), Kavitha (28), Ratna (35), Shreenivas (25) and Ganesh (25), all residents of Tamil Nadu.
SP Goyal said that the arrested were involved in a robbery case wherein complainant Bharath Singh, while traveling from Dharmasthala to Ujire on May 30, was looted of Rs 6,640, an ATM card and a Samsung mobile phone.
Goyal also said that the accused were involved in dacoity cases in states like Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh and Maharashtra. Also, the accused were charged under 229/2007 Sec 41(1)(D), 102 CRPC and Sec 379 IPC in Maloor poice station of Kolar district.
Inter-state thief arrested
SP Abhishek Goyal informed that DCIB police have arrested K R Santanam alias Chandran alias Antony (47), resident of Coimbatore district of Tamil Nadu on charges of looting houses in and around Puttur. One-and-a-half kg of silver, 70 grams gold, a mobile handset, a laptop, a gas cutter and a weighing machine have been seized from his possession. The police recovered the stolent items from a house in Kannur where the accused had taken refuge. The total value of the recovered materials is estimated at Rs 3,50,000. He is now lodged in Puttur town police station.
From the records, the SP said, it was revealed that the accused was involved in temple theft cases that took place in Moodbidri in 2003, and that he was housed in Mysore jail three years ago. He was released in 2007, after which he began thieving houses in Puttur in the year 2010-2011.
The SP said warrants were issued against him by the Vittal police and Kasargod police on charges of theft.
When enquired about the Sullia Meera Balakrishnan murder case of 2008, Goyal said the police arrested five in connection with the case, and that they have been handed over to the CID which is handling the investigation.
On the recent murders in Puttur of a woman and three children allegedly by the head of the family Venkataramana Bhat, Goyal said investigations are on but no progress had been made yet.