Mangalore: Nepali who Stole 1.5 Cr Earlier, Caught Again
Manju Neereshwallya
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Daijiworld Media Network – Moodbidri (RD)
Mangalore, Oct 10: They say history repeats often. In the case of a thief of Nepali origin, it certainly did.
Mangalore East Police on Saturday October 9 arrested two international thieves, Karan Khadga (37) alias Kuyitu and Gyanendra Singh (20), both from Nepal. Khadga had been arrested last year too for several thefts.
They were arrested in connection to the burglary in Target Marketing Services, owned by P K Kushalappa at Kadri-Kambla Road here.
Police recovered two laptops, one mobile handset and gadgets worth Rs 1.15 lac from the duo.
Karan Khadga had arrived in India in 1993 and began working as a domestic help and then as a security guard in Mangalore. In March 2010, he was arrested by Mangalore East Police for masterminding the burglaries at the residences of Dr M V Shetty, wherein cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 1.5 crore went missing, and of Bharat Alva, from where Rs 7 lac was stolen. The police had then recovered Rs 44.83 lac worth of gold and cash from him. It was found that Khadga had several accomplices.
Apart from these, he has been involved in several other theft cases also.
At present, he stays with his family at Kumpala Ashraya Colony, Someshwar village, here. He even has voter’s ID and ration card.
The arrests were made under the instructions of city police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh, DySP Dharmaiah, ASP Ravindra Gadadi, and the team was led by Mangalore (East) police sub-inspector Vinayak, police personnel Sukumar K, Harish Padavinangady, Subramanya, Yashwant Konchady, Veerabhadra and Prakash Naik.
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