Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Mar 27: The Pandeshwar police have arrested three inter-state thieves and recovered stolen items worth Rs 4.4 lac.

Anil Kumar (28), Veerendra Shetty (46) and Abdul Rahim alias Chappe Tanni Rahim (42) were arrested on Tuesday March 26 in connection to a case registered in Koyilandy police station in Kerala.

The recovered items include 136 grams of gold ornaments stolen from a house in Koyilandy, a television stolen from another house in the same town, and a television and copper vessels burgled from a house in Kulshekar. Altogether, they are estimated at Rs 4.4 lac.

Among the accused, Anil Kumar is from Chikkamagaluru while Veerendra Shetty and Abdul Rahim are from Mangaluru.

Anil is an accused in three theft cases in Karwar police station, two in Udupi city police station, three theft cases in Calicut Medical College police station and another theft case in Kozhikode police station.

Veerendra faces one burglary case each in Suratkal, Bantwal, and Manjeshwar police stations, and an attempt-to-murder case in Konaje police station.

Abdul Rahim is an accused in two attempt-to-murder cases in Mangaluru north police station, and one ganja case each in Barke, Panambur, coastal security, and Mangaluru east police stations. In 2017, Goonda Act was invoked against him.

The arrest operation was conducted on the directions of police commissioner Sandeep Patil, and under the guidance of DCP Hanumantharaya, DCP Uma Prashanth. The team was led by Mangaluru central ACP Sudheer Hegde, and Pandeshwar police inspector Kumar Aradhya along with other police personnel.