Mangaluru: Airline ground staff held for gold theft from passenger’s luggage
Mangaluru: Bajpe police have detained four ground staff workers of a ground handling agency here at Mangaluru International Airport on charges of stealing gold ornaments from a passenger’s trolley bag. All the accused were reportedly working in the baggage loading and unloading section.
According to police, the theft came to light after Rajeshwari Padmashali, wife of CRPF jawan Harikesh, lodged a complaint.
She had travelled from Bengaluru to Mangaluru on an Air India Express flight that landed around 9:30 am on Saturday. After collecting her luggage, she noticed that the lock of her trolley bag had been tampered with. On checking inside, she found a gold necklace weighing 56 grams, worth about Rs 4.5 lakh, missing.
Based on her complaint, Bajpe police registered a case and launched an investigation. Four loaders from the agency were taken into custody for questioning, and two of them have been formally arrested.
Police sources revealed that there had been several instances of passengers arriving from abroad complaining of valuables like gold ornaments and mobile phones going missing from their luggage. Some had filed police complaints, while others confronted airline authorities directly.
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Maoist carrying bounty of Rs 15 lakh among four killed in gunfight with security forces in J’khand
Hazaribag (PTI): Four Maoists, including one carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Friday, police officials said.
The encounter took place in the Khapia forest area within the Keredari police station limits, following a tip-off.
"Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with joint forces in 'Operation KotiNeer'. The Maoists killed have been identified as regional committee member Sahdeo Maho, carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh, Ranjit Ganjhu, Zonal committee member, carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh," IG, CRPF, Saket Kumar Singh told mediapersons.
The remaining two are Area Commander Budhan Karmali, carrying a reward of Rs one lakh and sub-zonal committee member Natasha, a woman who hailed from Gadchiroli in Maharashtra.
SDPO of Barkagaon, Pawan Kumar, said that no security personnel were injured in the operation.
The Maoists killed were wanted in about 80 cases.
With the encounter, only 57 Maoists are left in the state, the IG said.
A number of arms were also recovered during the operation including two AK 47 and one INSAS rifles.
The development comes close on the heels of a fierce exchange of fire between a Maoist squad headed by Misir Besra, who carries a bounty of Rs 1 crore, and police personnel on April 15 in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum. Four security personnel were injured in the encounter.
The Centre has already informed the state governments that there are no Naxal violence-affected districts in the country, more than five decades since Left Wing Extremism (LWE) originated in India.
The declaration followed a high-level security review held earlier this month by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the mandated 'National Policy and Action Plan to Address Left Wing Extremism' formulated in 2015.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed Parliament on March 30 that India was free from Maoists.
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