Bengaluru, Jul. 16: A youth who had completed his B.Tech degree and got a job worth one lakh rupees but left it and committed theft has been arrested by the Malleshwaram police. The arrested person has been identified as Richard (25), a resident of Nehru Nagar, Virajpet. The accused used to go to jewellery shops under the guise of a customer, distract the owners and steal the jewellery in a jiffy. 134 grams of gold jewellery worth Rs 13 lakhs was seized from him. Police said that despite having a salary of one lakh rupees from a prestigious private company, the accused was involved in criminal cases for money.
He had gone to Kanishka Jewellers shop on the busy Sampige Road in Malleshwaram last March on the pretext of buying a gold chain. When the shop workers were showing him a gold chain, he told them to show him a different design, and as soon as he turned around, he stole three gold chains and ran away from there. Even after the shop workers called him, he went outside and ran away. Later, when the CCTV camera was checked, it came to light that three chains had been stolen. Later, a complaint was registered. Earlier, he had stolen a gold chain in a similar manner in Rayanpura. He completed his degree from a college in Bengaluru in 2022 and got an engineer job in a prestigious software company in Whitefield, earning more than one lakh rupees. 4To the fifth page
But within a few months, he had quit his job and chosen theft as his full-time job, the police said.
Theft without using a mobile
Since the accused is a technology graduate, he did not use a mobile phone while committing theft for fear of being caught. The police were also left with a headache as there was no clue about him except for the photo. But when the Malleshwaram police sent his photo to other police stations, it was found that he had previously been arrested in a theft case in Jeevan Bhima Nagar in 2023, and his address was also found.
Police visit to Virajpet
A month ago, the police came to Virajpet to find his address and searched near his house, but after it was confirmed that he was not at home, they returned. However, Richard's family was not spoken to or informed. It was very difficult to find him as he did not have a mobile phone.
He was making WhatsApp calls
Although the accused did not use his mobile phone for theft, he kept a mobile phone to communicate with those he wanted and communicated with them through WhatsApp calls. His mobile phone was limited to a handful of people.
When he went to steal from a jewelry store, he would target stores without security guards. This was because he had devised this trick so that the guards would not chase him after he ran away after putting the chain on the job. After most of the thefts he committed, he would leave the store and disappear in an instant, and even though the theft came to light immediately, the police were unable to track him down.
Arrested through mobile phone
The police, who traced his contact, managed to track down his mobile number and arrest him from the PG he was staying at. The accused, who was earlier in a PG in Whitefield, later shifted to another place from there. He did not stay in any PG for more than 3-4 months for fear of his identity being revealed. Cases against him are currently pending in a total of 9 police stations including Mysore, Mangalore, and Kerala. -Koverkolli Indresh
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