Mounesh Vishwakarma
Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Aug 31: Rural police personnel here have arrested near Ramal Katte bus stand on Monday, a suspected thief while he was trying to sell items stolen by him.
Bengre Kasba, Mangaluru resident Mohammed Ansar is the arrested suspect. The Bantwal rural police who conducted a raid on a tip-off, arrested the suspect when he was trying to sell the stolen items to a shop at Ramal Katte.
On August 25, grocery and cash worth Rs 25,000 were stolen from Farangipete supermarket. A complaint of the theft was registered at Bantwal rural police station.
The arrest was made within four days of lodging a complaint. Police personnel also recovered the stolen items.
The operation was conducted under directions from Bantwal DSP Valentine D’Souza, in the leadership of Bantwal police circle inspector T D Nagaraj by rural crime division SI Sanjiva K A, SI Balakrishna, staff Radhakrishna, Suresh, Puneet, Gonibasappa, Kumara and Vivek.