Pramesh Jain
Cab Driver arrested for stealing LED TVs from Hotels,Nine LED TV Worth Rs.2.7 Lakh Recovered by Upparpet police:
The West Division police of Upparpet police have arrested 32 year old cab driver for stealing LED TVs and electronic goods from the Lodges and hotels after he checked in as guest.
The accused has been identified as,Vijay Ashok Kale Hiremath,32,year old hailing from Hyderabad.
Senior officer told Media persons,a complaint was registered in upparpet police station by a hotel manager of Vishnu Paradise who stated in his complaint when he was checking rooms after the customers checkout from the room we usually clean the room and check once anything missing.
When our housekeeping staff went to room to clean he noticed a LED TV was missing in the room and we have a doubt on the last customer who checked out might stolen the Micromax TV worth of Rs.12k.
Based on the complaint,Upparpet police inspector visited the lodge and inspected the crime scene and found vital clue from the hotel and based on which a team was formed.
The team which swooped down to track the culprit the team analyzed the CCTV footage and the team swung into action and with the technical inputs the team zeroed in on accused identified as,Vijay Ashok Kale Hiremath from majestic bus stand while he was trying to board a bus and was trying to escape.
The team took him to station for questioning a detailed questioning by the team the accused confessed the crime and based on his statement the team recovered nine led TVs and four phones worth Rs 2.7 lakh from him which has stolen from different hotels around majestic.
The team grilled him to ascertain reason behind the crime the accused spilled the beans and it has revealed that Hiremath is native of Hyderabad and a cab driver by profession.He lost job one year ago and started stealing valuables from hotels to make quick money he said in his statement and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,P Ravi,PI,Shivaswamy CB,and his whole team for the commendable job done by them who has nabbed a cab driver who used to steal electronic gadgets from hotels where he used to check in as guest a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
