Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (EP)
Puttur, Nov 6: Police, on Monday, November 5, arrested a man on charges of stealing a car hired by him 17 years back.
The arrested person is B M Hanif, resident of Sullia.
Hanif, then a resident of Kudige in Kushalnagar, had hired a Sumo car belonging to Jayantha in Hampanakatta, Mangaluru on March 8, 2001 and travelled in it with his friend Sudheer Prabhu to Sakleshpur, Hassan and other places for timber business. They returned to Puttur on March 13, 2001, stopped at Aradhana Tourist Home and parked the car there.
Hanif and Sudheer allegedly stole the car that evening, when the driver was not around. After that both were untraceable for 17 years.
Head constable Parameshwar and constables Mohan and Kiran of Puttur town police station, under guidance from station inspector, located the house of Hanif and arrested him.
Sudheer Prabhu is yet to be traced.