Mangaluru, Nov 2: Three persons have been arrested by the he Central Crime Branch (CCB) of Mangaluru City Police in connection with two recent incidents of burglary at government quarters in the city.
The police also recovered 131 gm of gold jewellery, Rs. 15,000 cash and weapons used to commit the offence. According to a release, the main accused is Jayanth alias Sandeep alias Thapori, 23, son of Anandarama, Katipalla. The main accused is Jayanth, and the other two helped him pledge the stolen valuables
The two other accused, said to have helped him pledge the stolen valuables, are Vijval Poojary, 23, son of Vishwanath, Katipalla, and Gunavathi, 48, wife of Vishwanath.
With the arrest, the police say they have solved two recent incidents of burglary. On October 12, a few men entered the house of Jose and Theresa at the KPTCL quarters in Bondel when no one was home and took away jewellery worth Rs. 3.5 lakh. A case was registered with the Kavoor police.
On October 24, gold jewellery worth Rs. 3.5 lakh was stolen from the house of Harish Kumar, a resident of the Public Works Department quarters at Urvastore. A case was registered with the Urva police. According to the police, Jayanth is an accused in several cases and was out on bail, the police said. Three of the cases are in Mangaluru Police Commissionerate limits.
Similarly, Vijval Poojary is an accused in four cases of attempt to murder and has been on bail for four months. Jayanth allegedly pledged the jewellery with two financial institutions in Surathkal with the help of Vijval and Gunavathi.
The recovered articles are worth Rs. 8.44 lakh, the police said. The accused as well as the recovered articles were handed over to the Kavoor police for further action.
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