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North division police crack 194 cases in three months

The north division pol­ice have cracked 194 cases and arrested 147 people in the last three months.

Bangalore: The north division pol­ice have cracked 194 cases and arrested 147 people in the last three months. Valuables wor­th Rs 4.44 crore have been recovered.

The recovered property includes 4.92 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs 1.48 crore, Rs 51.52 lakh in cash, 100 two-wheelers worth Rs 43.98 lakh and other goods.

The Peenya police have arrested a woman who stole gold jewellery belon­ging to her landlord. The accused has been identified as Bh­agya.

Bhagya and her husband Nagendra, who liv­ed in a house owned by Gopal in Mallas­andra, hatched a plan to carry out the theft. Bha­gya, who befriended her landlord’s wife, Padma found out that she had a handsome collection of gold jewellery and decided to steal it.

On December 13, she went to Padma’s house on the pretext of offering her biryani. Mean­while, Padma went to take a bath and taking adv­antage of the situation, Bhagya snatched the almirah keys and stole 170 grams of gold jewellery kept in it.

“When Padma stepped out of the bathroom, Bhagya had already left the house. Padma real­ised she had been robbed when she opened the almirah,” the police said.

On reaching Padma’s place, the police found Bhagya’s behaviour suspicious. When asked for her fingerprints, Bhagya said that her finger prints would be on almirah as she was a regular visitor. How­ever, the finger prints did match with hers and during interrogation she confessed to the theft,” the police said.

She had kept the stolen jewels at her mother’s house in Vijayanagar an­d it was recovered, the police added.

In yet another case, the Peenya police arrested three people for alle­gedly stealing machines from a factory in Makali in Madanayakanahalli police station limits. Th­ey were identified as Suresh, 41, Vijay Naik, 31, both were security gua­­rds at the factory, and Thamma Naik, 24, the driver of the transport vehicle.

“Recently, Suresh was held in a dacoity case and he confessed to the theft. Goods worth Rs 54 lakh was recov­ered from them,” the police added.

( Source : dc )
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