Two Inter-State House Burglary Accused from Uttar Pradesh’s Gang Arrested; Items Worth Rs 4.50 Lakh Seized
Coastal Talk News | Udupi
Udupi Town Police have arrested two accused persons allegedly belonging to the Bedia gang of Uttar Pradesh in connection with an inter-state house burglary case and seized cash and other items worth a total of Rs 4,50,500.
On July 1, 70-year-old A.S. Ramamurthy, a resident of Ambalpady, had locked his house near Sahara Apartment on Kunjugudde Road and left for his daughter’s house in Mangaluru. When he returned home on July 9, he found that the lock on the front door had been broken. On checking the house, he found that Rs 6 lakh in cash and three watches were missing. A case was registered at Udupi Town Police Station under the relevant sections of the BNS.
During the investigation, police arrested the first accused, Mohammed Jaffer (22), a resident of Akrauli in Chandausi taluk of Sambhal district, Uttar Pradesh, near Udupi Indrali Railway Station on September 2. During interrogation, Jaffer reportedly told police that he and his friend Kadir had broken open the front door of the house and stolen Rs 6 lakh in cash and three watches. The stolen money was allegedly shared equally between the two. Police seized Rs 1.50 lakh in cash and a mobile phone worth Rs 8,000 from Jaffer. Subsequently, a police team visited Uttar Pradesh and seized another Rs 1.06 lakh in cash, police said.
Continuing the investigation, police arrested the second accused, Kadir (32), a resident of Akrauli in Sambhal district, at Moodbidri on September 25. Police seized Rs 1.65 lakh in cash, two silver coins valued at Rs 6,000, five watches valued at Rs 15,000, two screwdrivers allegedly used in the offence and a brown bag valued at Rs 200 from him.
According to police, the accused are members of the Bedia gang from the Baniyather, Chandausi and Akrauli areas of Uttar Pradesh. Mohammed Jaffer has a house burglary case registered against him at Nainital Police Station in Uttarakhand. Kadir has been involved in six cases, including one illegal arms case and two-house burglary cases at Baniyather Police Station in Uttar Pradesh, and one illegal arms case and two-house burglary cases at Civil Lines Police Station in Moradabad. The investigation was conducted under the direction of Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar, with guidance from Additional SP Sudhakar Naik and Udupi Sub-Divisional DySP Belliyappa. The operation was led by Udupi Town Police Inspector Mahesh Prasad. PSI Ratnakar K., ASI Harish, Prasanna C., Jeevan Kumar, Ananda Ganiga, Ananda, Obalesh, Anandiah, Mallayya Hiremath of Manipal Police Station and other police staff assisted in the operation.
