Mangaluru: Kapu Police bust vehicle theft racket, arrests four, recovers 11 vehicles
Mangaluru: Kapu Police on Tuesday arrested four people of a gang that had been operating in the state stealing vehicles and had been selling it in Tamil Nadu.
Police also seized 11 vehicles worth 25 lakh rupees from the four.
Karkala Sub-division Assistant Superintendent of Police K Krishnakanth while addressing a press conference after the arrests, added that the police seized vehicles worth 23,75000 from the accused.
The accused have been identified as Syed Mehboob Pasbay (57), Syed Mazhar Pasha (23) both residents of Shivamogga along with Ilyas aka Babu (58) of Chikkamagaluru and Ziya-ul-Haq (37) of Tamil Nadu.
A team of police was formed led by Kapu Circle Inspector to investigate the case of theft of a Bolero car that was parked near Balaji traders in Kundapur Police Station and a Mahindra Pickup near Katpadi Kallapu under Kapu Police Station.
During the investigation the police team received a tip off about the gang recently operating in Coastal Karnataka.
On June 20 the four were arrested while travelling on a Indica car at Katpadi checkpost. On being asked to provide documents of the car, the gang reportedly failed to provide documents after which they were taken into custody on suspicion.
The gang then confessed to the thefts they have committed during the questioning.
The police then recovered stolen vehicles from Ilyas Haq's scrap store in Coimbatore.
The confiscated vehicles belonged to the cases registered under Kaup, Shimoga, Doddapete, Thirthahalli and kundapura jurisdiction. The vehicles include four Bolero Pickup, five Ashok Leyland, 1 Qualis car. Along with that the police has also confiscated duplicate keys, five mobile, fake number plates along with the vehicle used for theft from the accused, revealed the officials
Syed Mehboob Pasha and Syed Mazhar Pasha used steal the vehicles in various districts with the help of duplicate keys and fake number plates and sell it out to Iliyas and Ziya-ul-Haq. Mazhar Pasha has served his jail sentence for two cases registered in Santhebennur police station in Davanagere. Mehboob has served a jail sentence for sandalwood theft in Bhadravathi. Mehboob and Mazhar were involved in many vehicle theft cases according to the police.
The stolen vehicles were then sold in Tamilnadu and other states by Iliyas aka Babu. He was also involved in sandalwood and other theft cases. Ziya-ul-Haq used to change number plate, engine number, chassis number paint of the stolen vehicles and sell them, the police said
Police officials also stated that he was involved in vehicle interstate vehicle theft racket.
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Tribal man brings dead sister's skeleton to bank to withdraw money from her account
Keonjhar (PTI): A tribal man in Odisha's Keonjhar district on Monday brought the skeleton of his dead sister to a bank to withdraw the money deposited in her name, police said.
The incident occurred at Maliposi branch of Odisha Grameen Bank located at Patana block of Keonjhar district. The man was identified as Jeetu Munda (50) of Dianali village. He was seeking to withdraw Rs 20,000 from the bank account of his elder sister, Kalra Munda (56), who died on January 26, 2026.
"I have run several times to the bank, and the people there told me to bring the account holder to withdraw money deposited in her name. Though I told them that she had died, they did not listen to me and insisted on bringing her to the bank. Therefore, out of frustration, I dug the grave and brought out her skeleton as proof of her death," an illiterate Jeetu Munda told reporters.
Patana Police Station Inspector in charge (IIC) Kiran Prasad Sahu, who reached the bank after getting information, said, "Jeetu is an illiterate tribal man. He does not know what the legal heir or nominee is. The bank officials have failed to make him understand the procedure to withdraw money from the dead person's account."
However, after the incident, the police assured Jeetu Munda that they would facilitate the withdrawal of money from the bank account of his dead sister. Later, the skeleton was again buried at the graveyard in presence of police.
Meanwhile, local Block Development Officer (BDO) Manas Dandpat said that he was not approached by anyone for the legal heir of late Kalra Munda. "Today only, I came to know about it. We will see what can be done to resolve the issue," the BDO said.
Meanwhile, bank sources said that the nominee in Kalra Munda's bank account was also dead. Therefore, Jeetu Munda was the lone claimant over the money deposited in her name.
The local administration has directed the bank officers to make arrangements and ensure that Jeetu Munda, who is the only claimant as per the rules, gets the money as soon as possible.
