Car Halted and Robbed in Mangaluru

Magaluru, Jul. 3: The police have succeeded in arresting three people, including two from Kodagu district, who were involved in the robbery of a gold trader from Kerala on National Highway 66 near Baikampady in the early hours of June 29 and provided transportation support and shelter to the accused.

The arrested have been identified as RK Nimil (37), a resident of Kannur district in Kerala, Irshad (40), a resident of Hakathur Thobbottu house in Kodagu district, and Mustafa (39), a resident of Madikeri Market, said Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy CH. The arrested were produced before the court and have been remanded in 10-day police custody for further interrogation.

Vikas Subbarao Dhanavade (44), a gold merchant from Kannur, Kerala, was returning to Sangli, Maharashtra, with his wife and son after a wedding, when seven to eight masked men in three cars stopped the car at 2.45 am on June 29 on the Baikampady-Rasthiti highway, pulled Vikas out, and abducted his wife and 14-year-old son along with the car. After driving a few kilometers, they robbed his wife of 180 grams of gold jewelry, 2 mobile phones and a vehicle worth Rs. 3 lakh, got her out, and fled with the car. The police estimated the total value of the stolen items to be Rs. 23.10 lakh. The next day, the car with the stolen number plate removed was found in Pacchinadka, Bantwal taluk. The accused had planned and carried out the robbery on the assumption that the businessman was transporting a huge amount of gold from Maharashtra to Kerala in a car. After the robbery, they cut the entire seat of the car with a knife and searched for the gold.

Three teams were engaged in the search for the accused and Nimil was arrested near the hospital in Chala, Kannur district. A team led by SI Gnanasekar of Panambur police station arrested Irshad (40), a resident of Madikeri taluk, who had cooperated with the accused and given shelter, in Ponnampet. Another accused, Mustafa (39), who had cooperated in the crime and provided a car to the main accused and given shelter, was arrested at the bus stand near the Lions Club at Moornadu Junction in Madikeri taluk.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a total of 14 accused were directly involved in the crime and two of them had assisted in the crime and provided shelter to the accused. Out of the total 16 accused involved in the case, three accused were arrested and produced before the court on Friday and have been remanded in ten days of police custody for further investigation. A total of 13 accused, including the main accused involved in the case, are yet to be arraigned. Out of the 4 cars used by the accused in the crime, one Innova Crysta car has been seized, while the remaining 3 cars, 180 grams of gold jewellery and 2 mobile phones are yet to be recovered. Preliminary investigation has revealed that all the accused are from Kodagu district and Kerala state, said City Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy.

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