Pramesh S Jain
The East Division police of Hennur police have arrested a gang of five who came to the city from Nepal to break into the houses and return home with the booty.
The accused have been identified as Raju, Jeevan,Gorakh Kalu,Hikmath Shahi and Karan Bista.
The police have recovered 19 lakh worth valuables,Rs.9.3 lakh cash from four house break thefts they were involved in .
Senior officer told reporters,Based on the complaint of house break theft in an apartment in Coconut Grove Layout,Horamavu reported on 17 october,the Hennur police inspector, Vasanth Kumar and his crime staff swung into action and took up the investigations.
The team visited the crime spot as the theft took place in the apartment in the house of Ramachandra Reddy atla when the family had gone to Andhra to attend the last rites of their relatives deputing Karan to take care of the house.
The team after inspecting the spot and area and based on technical inputs and other concrete evidence the team zeroed in on the security guard Karan as they got suspicious on his behaviour and statement during questioning.
The team kept a close watch on him and after getting confirmation the team picked him for questioning.
During Investigations the accused confessed the crime and it has revealed that the accused who work as security guards in the apartment would identify the locked house and share details with their partners in crime on FB messenger as to not get caught but his criminal mind plan with the meticulous investigation by the team landed him in their net.
A detailed investigation by the team it has revealed that Karan working as security guard in the apartment used to identify the locked house and later call his associates.
Based on the information,the gang would come to the city and break into the house,loot valuables and return home with the booty.
Based on their information the team recovered cash and valuables totalling worth of Rs.43 lakhs from them and solved 4 house break thefts committed by them.
The accused have been taken into custody further to ascertain their criminal background.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP East,S Murugan, DCP East,Dr SD Sharanappa,ACP Banaswadi Sub-Division,Ningappa B Sakkiri,PI,M Vasanth Kumar,PSIs,as,Ningaraju,Basavaraj Jogale,ASIs,as,Pratap,Askar Mirza,and whole crime team who were part of this detection with their meticulous and exemplary investigation landed the whole gang in police net and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
