Mangaluru: 10 arrested in connection with dacoity at PWD contractor's residence


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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (ANK)

Mangaluru, Jul 4: Ten individuals have been arrested in connection with the dacoity at PWD contractor Padmanabha Kotian's residence in Ulaibettu on June 21, under the Mangaluru rural police station limits.

Speaking to the media on Thursday, July 4, City Police Commissioner Anupam Agarwal disclosed that the arrested individuals have been identified as Vasanth Kumar (42) from Neermarga, Ramesh (42) from Neermarga, Raymond D'Souza (47) from Bantwal, Balakrishna (48) from Kasargod, Zakir Hussain (56) from Thrissur, Vinoj (38) from Thrissur, Sajeesh MM (32) from Thrissur, John Bosco Biju G (41) from Trivandrum, Sathish Babu (44) from Thrissur, and Shijo Devasi (38) from Kerala.

It may be recalled that on June 21, eight to nine masked men barged into the house, threatened the contractor, his wife, and children, and looted cash and jewelry worth Rs 9 lac. They also assaulted the contractor after he resisted and took his vehicle. They later abandoned his vehicle midway and escaped in an Innova.

 

Vasanth Poojary, who had been working under the contractor as a lorry driver for the past four years and is also a member of the gram panchayat, was involved in the crime. Vasanth discussed the cash in the contractor's residence with Ramesh Poojary, who works in a bakery. Both accused then discussed the plan with a third person, Raymond D'Souza, who is a mason, and he contacted the fourth accused, Balakrishna.

The four local accused—Vasanth, Ramesh, Raymond, and Balakrishna—planned the dacoity. Balakrishna then got in touch with a Kerala team led by John Bosco.

The plan was made eight months ago. The Kerala team visited Mangaluru and asked Ramesh and Vasanth to prepare a sketch and map of the area to execute the dacoity.

To develop interest, the local accused told the Kerala team that the contractor had over Rs 100 to Rs 300 crores, which motivated them to get involved in the dacoity.

Four days before the dacoity, the team arrived in Mangaluru and stayed in a hotel. They attempted to execute the plan on June 18 but were unsuccessful. They managed to execute the plan on June 21. They conversed in Hindi to mislead the victims into thinking the accused were from outside the state.

"Still, 4-5 more arrests need to be made in this case. Believing they could loot Rs 100 to 300 crores, they brought more than 20 gunny bags and equipment to remove the tiles of the master bedroom, assuming the money was hidden underneath the floor.

Police had formed three teams to nab the culprits as it was a blind case without a single clue. I congratulate the DCP, ACP, and CCB staff for relentlessly working to crack this case over the last 15 days," the police commissioner said.

 

 

 

  

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  • Rahil, Mangakore

    Fri, Jul 05 2024

    The fun part is - culptirts are from Kasargod, Thrissur , Trivandrum and only devsai is from Kerala.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai-Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 05 2024

    Pyar ke liye kuch bhi karega!

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  • Shashi Shetty, Santhoor

    Fri, Jul 05 2024

    Very Secular Gang of Bandits. Moreover all Middle aged brothers. Here one thing is saved - No need to blame any one community and youngsters can be left alone this time.

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  • Kevin, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 05 2024

    I wish these people would put the same hard work for good deeds 😁

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  • Jamal, Mangalore/UAE

    Fri, Jul 05 2024

    Excellent job by DK police in nabbing the gangs of dacoits. They must be rewarded as they get very little going after cows. PWD contractor has to find some other way to hide his money ☺

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  • Abhi, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 05 2024

    Unity in diversity....

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  • k b r, Mangala Uru

    Thu, Jul 04 2024

    all main actors from indo-somaliya ... rest are side actors ... there is no crime where indo-somalis are not taking part, name the crime, they are there ...

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  • Karthiyayani Nambiar, Manipal

    Thu, Jul 04 2024

    Super work from police They found the criminals from nowhere. Congratulations to Mangaluru police who are so efficient in nabbing the culprits who were behind this horrible crime

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  • Mbeary, Dxb

    Thu, Jul 04 2024

    Hahah... Kerala gang did not know that here full andh bhakths, and they will believe and dream about anything and spread also full gas. Now simply 5-7 yrs wasted in jail. Anyways great job by Mangalore police. I'm sure even the police enjoy solving such challenging crimes instead of the usual moral police or cow vigilantes cases

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