Uppinangady: Complainant turns accused in lorry robbery case
Uppinangady: Uppinangady police succeeded in cracking the lorry robbery case which had occurredwas reported from Shiradi Gudde on March 25 at Mangalore-Bengaluru National Highway. Much to the surprise of the investigators, the complainant himself has turned out to be the accused of the case.
The police arrested the complainant lorry driver for allegedly creating a story of the robbery. The arrested has been identified as Ambareesh.
The lorry driver had filed a complaint at local police station that three unidentified people, who came in a car, waylaid his truck when he reached Shiradi Gudde on March 25. The trio gagged and tied him up after which they assaulted him and robbed Rs. 5,200, mobile phone worth Rs. 2000 and the goods which was being transported in the truck.
However, during the course of investigation, the Uppinangady police began to suspect the complainant. When they intensified the investigation, the police reached to the conclusion that the complainant himself bluffed the story and later reported the case to the police.
Ambareesh, a resident of Sitapur in Pandvapur Taluk, was debt ridden and to pay his loans he bluffed the crime and reported it to the police. According to the reports Uppinangady police recovered Rs 51,500 from him, which he had collected after selling the products from the truck.
The truck was transporting products of Hindustan Unilever including soaps, shampoo, tea powder and coffee powder
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NIA registers case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday registered a case to probe recovery of 79 crude bombs in poll-bound West Bengal, officials said.
The move came following a directive by the Union Home Ministry in this regard, they said.
In pursuance to the home ministry's order, the anti-terror agency on Sunday registered a case, which was originally filed at Uttar Kashi police station, Bhangar division, Kolkata on Saturday, and took up the investigation, an NIA spokesperson said in a late night statement.
"The case pertains to recovery of 79 crude bombs and other incriminating materials by Kolkata police, which were being stored at a spot, thereby endangering human life and property," the spokesperson said.
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission had directed the West Bengal Police to launch a special drive to arrest those involved in illegal manufacturing of crude bombs in the poll-bound state, an official said.
It asserted that all cases related to the making of any such explosive would be probed by the National Investigation Agency, the official said.
The directive came after the police recovered a large number of crude bombs from the house of a person, allegedly a TMC worker, at Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, days ahead of the second and final phase of the assembly polls in the state.
The explosives were recovered during a search at the residence of Rafikul Islam following specific inputs, the official said.
The poll panel also issued a warning to senior police officers across the state over any lapse in maintaining law and order before the April 29 polling.
The first phase of the assembly elections in West Bengal was held on April 23, while the second phase will take place on April 29. Votes will be counted on May 4.
A record 93.19 per cent turnout has been recorded in the first round of polling. Bhangar will vote in the second phase.
