Mangalore: Four Arrested - Temple Burglary Cases Cracked
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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SB)
Mangalore, Jul 25: Various police teams working under the directives of the city commissionerate have managed to crack the temple burglaries haunting the district with the arrest of four thieves.
Addressing media persons on Sunday July 25, police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said that the temple burglary cases that had taken place under police station limits of Sakleshpur (4 cases), Bhatkal (2), Bantwal (2), Uppinangady (1), Beltangady (1), Suratkal (1) and Bajpe (1) have been solved with the arrest of Seetaram Shetty (49) of Vittal, Ravi (21) of Chikmagalur district, and Anand Poojary (20) and Gopal (22) of Hassan district. He said that Shetty was the kingpin and mastermind of all these burglary cases. A sum of Rs 1 lac has been recovered from him. He was also arrested earlier in a temple theft case.
A team led by Valentine D’Souza, CPI Panambur and comprising Gopal Kotapady PSI (Crime), Anantha Padmanabha PSI(L and O) Kavoor P S, Vijayaraj Kavoor PS HC, Rajesh Alva, Isak, Mohith, Jeevan, Kiran, Chandrahasa, Ravichandra, Ravikumar, Jagadish undertook the nabbing operations.
Another Burglar Held
In another case, Uday Kumar Rai (24) of NMPT Colony, Panambur, was arrested for burglary and theft in areas coming under Mangalore East, Barke and in Bajpe police stations.
Six Nokia cell phones, one Sony Ericsson phone, three China mobiles and a total amount of Rs 30,000 have been recovered. A team lead by Muttu Raaya, deputy police commissioner, Girish S, assistant deputy commissioner of Panambur sub-division, Valentine D’Souza, CPI Panambur, Keerthi Kumar, sub-inspector, Panambur, Nagesh Uchchil, Krishna, Damodar and Vinay Kuamr PC were involved in the operation.
The commissioner announced reward for the teams that nabbed the thieves.