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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Six foreign nationals held for alleged prostitution in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI): Six foreign women were arrested after they were found to be allegedly engaged in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, police said on Tuesday.
The arrests were made by the Women Protection Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) on April 24, they said.
Police, however, have not disclosed the nationalities of the women in the statement.
According to police, the operation was carried out following a tip off that some foreign women were standing near the footpath of the bus stop close to Madiwala Check Post, within the jurisdiction of Koramangala Police Station here and were soliciting men passing by on the road for prostitution.
Based on this information, the officers and staff of the CCB Women Protection Wing immediately visited the spot and conducted a verification, they said.
During the operation, it was found that six foreign women were engaging in illegal activities by soliciting men in a public place for prostitution, a statement issued by the office of the police commissioner stated.
Acting swiftly, the officers and staff conducted a raid and secured all six foreign women. Upon inquiry regarding their passports and visas, they failed to provide valid and satisfactory information, it said.
"Subsequently, all six foreign women were produced before the Koramangala Police Station along with a report for further legal action. In this regard, a case has been registered at Koramangala Police Station, and further investigation is in progress," the police statement added.
