Wanted in Rs 4,000 theft case, accused arrested after 20 years in Latur district
Latur (PTI): Police have arrested an absconding accused involved in a Rs 4,000 theft case registered nearly 20 years ago, a period during which he kept changing his location and was recently found working as a sugarcane cutter in Latur district of Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused, Babu Laxman Sankole (41), a resident of Budhoda village under Ausa tehsil of Latur district, was arrested on Monday and produced before a local court, which remanded him to judicial custody till January 27, they said.
The accused was wanted in a theft case registered at the Shivajinagar Police Station in Latur and had been evading arrest for the past nearly two decades. As the accused kept changing his place of residence, police were unable to trace him, and the case was eventually kept in a dormant file.
However, a special squad of the Latur police reopened the case and pursued it meticulously.
On Monday, the special squad received information that Sankole was currently residing on Yakatpur Road in Ausa tehsil and working as a sugarcane cutter in the Kamalpur-Ujani area, said the officials.
After verifying the information, the police laid a trap and detained the accused and later placed him under arrest.
According to case details, one Arvind Vitthalrao Bhosale, a resident of Shahupuri Colony, Latur, had reported that on July 10, 2006, at around 10 pm, an unknown thief stole a car stereo worth approximately Rs 4,000 from his car parked outside his house.
Following the complaint, a case was registered at the Shivajinagar Police Station under IPC section 379 (punishment for theft).
The accused was initially arrested on July 14, 2006, and was later granted bail. He began remaining absent from court proceedings and later disappeared.
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Vertex receives ₹1.93 crore Beyond Bengaluru grant from Karnataka government
Mangaluru: Vertex Managed Workspace, an IT infrastructure and managed workspace platform operating outside Bengaluru, has received a ₹1.93 crore grant under the Government of Karnataka’s IT Policy as part of the Beyond Bengaluru initiative.
The grant was released by the Department of Electronics, IT & BT and facilitated by the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission. It recognises Vertex’s role in developing enterprise-grade IT infrastructure and supporting job creation in Mangaluru.
Vertex currently supports more than 2,250 professionals across six managed workspace locations in the city and hosts over 40 companies, including global enterprises and global capability centres. The company has been operating in Mangaluru for several years and is considered a key player in the city’s growing IT and GCC ecosystem.
According to the company, its scale of operations has contributed to positioning Mangaluru as one of Karnataka’s major technology clusters outside Bengaluru, aligning with the state’s efforts to promote distributed growth.
Commenting on the grant, Gurudatta Shenoy, Managing Partner at Vertex Managed Workspace, said the support reflects recognition of efforts to strengthen IT infrastructure and create employment opportunities beyond the capital. He said the company remains focused on building sustainable technology ecosystems in emerging cities across the state.
Vertex is currently expanding its operations in Mangaluru and plans to scale up to 6,000 workstations in the coming period, as part of its long-term growth plans under the Beyond Bengaluru framework.
