Mangalore: Police Arrest Two Thieves – Stolen Assets Worth Rs 45 Lac Seized
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SB)
Mangalore, Mar 23: In an operation, Mangalore east police and District Crime Intelligence Bureau (DCIB) sleuths arrested two persons who were behind thefts at residences of M V Shetty under Mangalore south police station limits in 2009 and Bharat Alva near Padua High School under Mangalore east police station limits, recently. Total assets worth Rs 44.83 lac too have been seized from the accused.
Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday March 23 superintendent of police Dr A Subrahmanyeshwar Rao said that the arrested have been identified as Ramesh Bikas Bhandary and Karan Khadga alias Kuyitu of Nepali origin. Karan has confessed to having commited theft in a house located behind the Padua school, along with his accomplices, Shiva Bhandary, Shailu Singh, Sahadeva, Bhista Singh, Pandav Singh, Raj Kumar Singh Thapa and Narayana Sai. The Mangalore east police after taking into custody and interrogating Ramesh Bhandary on March 17 found out that Karan Khadga was involved with the theft. Khadga was arrested on Monday March 22 near Kankanady circle.
On interrogation, Khadga confessed to be behind the theft at Padua. The police seized approximately Rs 80,000 worth assets such as laptop, binoculr and gold chain among others. Police also seized approximately Rs 41.62 lac worth gold and diamond jewels pawned in the name of Kuyitu's wife Sita at a co-operative society, Tokkottu near here. Rs 1.61 lakh worth gold jewels was further seized from a jewellery shop in the city.
The operation was conducted by Mangalore east police station inspector Nirajan Raj Urs N, DCIB police sub-inspector Raghav Padil along woth sub-ordinates, assistant sub-inspector Vishwanath Kunjathoor, Narendra, police constables Mohammed, Sheshappa Gowda, Lawrence, Prakash, Yashwanth, Karunesh, drivers Padmanabha and Jagadish.