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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GBA razes down 400 houses in Yelahanka, minority families including Muslims worst affected
Bengaluru: In an incident reported from the state capital, more than 3,000 people living in Fakir Colony of the Kogilu Layout near Yelahanka were rendered homeless by the officials of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) on Saturday.
The officials, who said the 400 houses were constructed on encroached land, held the operation using nine tractors and nine earthmovers, razing down the houses.
They have ousted around 90 per cent of the families who had been living in the area for more than 30 years and belong to minority communities, including Muslims from the colony.
The bereaved residents have insisted that the government had provided them land in the locality to build houses and reside. “We have all official documents as well as Aadhaar cards and voter IDs as proofs. Our source of livelihood is only manual labour,” they added.
“Many of the families had mortgaged the houses to get loans from banks, but the GBA officials have razed our houses without giving any prior notice,” they said and added, “Some of the women here are pregnant, but the officers showed no concern for such people too.”
Referring to the title deeds, the residents said that the local representatives had assured them that they would be handed the documents. “So far, however, we were not told to vacate the houses. Since the houses were unexpectedly razed, our children’s documents and other valuables in the houses have been destroyed,” the residents added angrily.
They also expressed fury about representatives failing to come to their help in times of need. “They come here only to campaign and get our votes. When questioned about the propriety of destroying the houses, the police officers assaulted us,” some of them said.
Sara Saif Saufique, one of the residents in the Fakir Colony, said, “My family has been living here for three decades, but has unexpectedly lost the house since the officers did not give us notice. They came at around 4:30 am on Saturday, when we were sleeping, and started destroying the houses.”
She said with fury, further, “The officials also forcibly evicted us from the houses, without even permitting us to gather our winterwear or blankets.”
