Inter-state vehicle theft: Four arrested

Mangalore, November 7: Police have cracked an inter-state vehicle theft case and arrested four persons in this regard.

The arrested are Abdul Basheer (21) of Padnoor, Vittla, Mohammed Haaris (19) of Madnooru, Puttur, Kamalaaksha (29) of Kodapadavu, Bantwal, and Mohammed Faisal (21) of Savanoor, Puttur.

Addressing mediapersons at his office in Mangalore, Abhishek Goyal, SP, Dakshina Kannada district, said that vehicle and gas cylinder theft cases had been registered in Puttur, Sullia, Uppinangady, Kadaba, Ullal and Manjeshwar police stations. There was suspicion on the four accused and DCIB police caught them from Mani, Bantwal taluk. The police intercepted them while they were riding bikes and found that they had no documents. Further questioning brought other details to light. The case has been handed over to Puttur Rural Circle Inspector to be taken forward.

7 Pulsar bikes, 2 Honda Activa scooters, 1 Yamaha bike, and 7 gas cylinders have been recovered from the accused. A total of 15 cases have been solved due to this operation and the total value of the recovery made is about Rs. 4,50,000, Mr. Goyal said.

Of the 10 vehicles, 2 vehicles were returned voluntarily by people to whom the accused had sold them, after receiving information that they had been arrested, Mr. Goyal said. The accused would steal vehicles and gas cylinders and sell them to other people, he said.

Ready to share investigation details with Sowjanya's family

Responding to a query on the Dharmasthala Sowjanya rape and murder case, Mr. Goyal said that he is willing to share the investigation file with the family members of the victim. He reiterated that if they feel that the case needs to be investigated by another agency, he is willing to hand over the probe. But so far no such appeal has come to him in writing from the victim's family, he said.