Mangalore: Gold Merchant Robbery Case - 4 Arrested - Valuables Recovered
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, Jul 18: The DCIB police led by inspector T B Rajanna have succeeded in nabbing four persons who had robbed-off Eshwar Purwal, a Rajastan-based gold merchant in the city in the late hours of Wednesday July 16.
Briefing the media on Friday July 18 afternoon, Dakshina Kannada SP N Satheesh Kumar said that four young men from Emmekere region of the city were behind the robbery and all four of them have now been arrested.
When Mangalore district crime intelligence bureau inspector T B Rajanna accompanied by his team members tried to stop a red Maruti car bearing registration No KA19 M 7749, the culprits who were travelling in the car, stopped the vehicle and started fleeing. They were immediately rounded up and arrested.
The arrested have been identified as Vikas (25), son of K Rohidas, Roshni Compound, Jain Road 1st Cross, Monkey Stand, Amit (19), son of Devadas Shetty, Ramdas Alva Compound, near Emmekere Maidan, Bolar, Avinash (22), son of Schidanand, P&T Quarters, Bolar and Nishiket alias Appu (26), son of the late Devu Kumar, Emmekere Noronha Compound, Bolar.
The police, after arresting all the four, recovered gold ornaments weighing 1,478.210 grams valued at about Rs 20 lac, four mobile phones and the above-referred Maruti Zen car from the arrested persons and handed over the culprits and the assets recovered, to Mangalore north police station. The inspector general of police, western range and the DK district superintendent of police have praised the efficiency of the police squad and announced cash reward for them.
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