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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru, Apr 26: The property return parade, under the aegis of Police commissioner Sandeep Patil, was held at Nehru Maidan in the city on Friday, April 26.

Property worth Rs 3.72 crore including jewellery, vehicles, that were stolen in various police station limits of the city, which were seized in the year 2018- 2019, were handed over to the rightful owners during the programme.

In the year 2018, total properties worth of Rs 4,30,00,000 were stolen in which properties worth Rs 3,40,00,000 were seized. In the year 2019, total properties worth of Rs 65,00,000 were stolen, in which properties worth Rs 32,00,000 were seized.

Speaking on the occasion, Police commissioner Sandeep Patil said, "Today we are conducting property return parade after obtaining order from the court. We are distributing the properties to the rightful owners. Several cases have been registered in various police stations in the past one year and properties were lying in respective stations for several months. We are distributing he same through this parade in order to gain the confidence of people."

Sandeep Patil also appealed to the public to make use of social media platform which is a powerful tool and also said that the public can complain through twitter account of Mangaluru city police. He further said, "There is a problem of law and order in the city. At the same time, we should see how to take preventive measures to control crime in the city be it theft or any other offence. I also urge the public to install CCTV at the residences, it will be helpful to trace the culprit in case of theft or crime."

Complainant Amitha said, "On December 23, there was theft in my residence at Surathkal at 3 am. As we were fast asleep, we could not realise about the theft. 250 grams of jewellery was stolen. We had installed the CCTV camera in our residence which helped to trace the culprit immediately."

One of the complainant who was teary eyed said, "Couple of months back, we had been to Chikkamagaluru to attend a family programme. On returning we found out that our jewellery worth Rs 6,30,000 was stolen. We were suspicious about our maid. When we complained to the police, the truth came to light during the police inquiry. It was our maid who had stolen our jewellery. We thank the police department for tracing and returning back our jewellery."

DCP Law and order Hanumantharaya and DCP Crime and Traffic Laxmi Ganesh were present.