Silvester D’Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (MS)
Kundapur, Jun 22: A thief was apprehended in the act of stealing, thanks to a live CCTV camera feed at Hosadu, within the jurisdiction of the Gangolli police station.
The arrested accused is identified as Prakash Babu alias Niyas.
The thief broke into the Hosadu Agricultural Cooperative Society office around 1:45 AM on June 22 by forcing open a window. The cooperative society has a live monitoring contract with Koteshwara Sign-In cc camera live monitoring company. Staff from the monitoring company spotted the thief entering the office in real-time and promptly alerted the police.
The authorities arrived at the scene within 10 minutes and caught the thief, who is of Kerala origin, red-handed.
The Gangolli police have registered a case and are conducting further investigations.