Daijiworld Media Network -Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, Sep 13: The city police have arrested a man accused of car theft 25 years after the crime took place.
The accused is Aslam alias Aslam Pasha who was wanted in an Ambassador car theft case registered on 11 November 1997. The police have registered a case under IPC section 379.
A chargesheet was filed against the accused. The accused had not been attending the court since 8 February 2000. On 7 May 2015, the case was declared LPC (Long Pending Case). As the residence of the accused was in Peenya, Bengaluru and he was not traceable. The police tracked him down at Aranahalli of Periyapatna on September 12.
Aslam has been produced before the court.
Police officials Puttarama and Ravikumar were instrumental in tracking down the accused.