Karnataka man, two others held for burglary at jewellery shop in Maharashtra’s Palghar district
Palghar, May 30: Three persons, including a man from Karnataka, have been arrested for stealing valuables worth over Rs 15 lakh from a jewellery shop in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, an official said on Thursday.
On the intervening night of May 15 and May 16, some people broke into the shop in the Nalasopara area and took away jewellery and cash valued at Rs 15.27 crore.
Senior inspector Pramod Badakh of Crime Unit - III in Virar said they worked on various leads to track down the alleged thieves.
The trio, identified as Mohammad Shahid Alladin Khan (44), Shamshuddin Doha Rais Qureshi (33) and 49-year-old Shankar Manju Gouda, a resident of Chikmagalur district in Karnataka, were arrested on Wednesday, he said.
Police have seized an SUV used in the crime and part of the stolen jewellery.
The investigation has also helped police detect another crime registered at Honnali police station in Karnataka’s Davangare district, he said.
Gouda is named in many house-breaking cases, he added.
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Family-run burglary gang busted in Thane; 3 arrested, 2 minors detained
Thane (PTI): Two men and a teen have been arrested and their minor sons detained for allegedly carrying out a series of house break-ins and burglaries in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday.
Earlier this week, the Mahatma Phule Chowk (MFC) police in Kalyan busted a family-run burglary ring in which the men scouted for locked houses and directed their sons to break in and steal valuables, a senior police official said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (Kalyan) Ashok Honmane said that the police have arrested a 19-year-old man, two fathers and detained two minors, and recovered stolen gold ornaments worth Rs 21.6 lakh.
The matter came to light following a complaint lodged on May 8 in Kalyan West, following which a case of housebreaking and theft was subsequently registered, he said.
Acting on tip-offs, the police arrested Kailas Vilas Bhalerao (19), a resident of Mohane in Ambivali, on May 13, and detained two minors aged 14 and 15 years, the official said.
"Interrogation revealed that the fathers, Vilas Prakash Bhalerao (38) and Deepak Ashok Jadhav (40), used their daily jobs to recce houses in residential societies and would then pass on this specific information to their children," he said.
The arrested teen accused would target the houses along with the minors and decamp with cash and jewellery.
Investigations have revealed that the gang was involved in at least three other burglaries in the Kalyan area, the official said.
