Chamarajanagar Police arrest woman for jewelry theft, recover gold worth Rs 27 lakh
Chamarajanagar: The Chamarajanagar Town Police have arrested a 43-year-old woman from Tamil Nadu, identified as Lakshmi, in connection with a jewelry theft case. The police have recovered 432 grams of gold jewelry, valued at Rs 27 lakh, from her possession. The arrest was made under the supervision of Dr. B.T. Kavitha, Superintendent of Police (SP), Chamarajanagar.
Addressing a press conference at the Chamarajanagar Town Police Station, SP Dr. Kavitha confirmed that Lakshmi had been presented in court and remanded to judicial custody.
The incident took place on September 1, when a local resident, Pushpalatha, was traveling on a crowded KSRTC bus from Chamarajanagar to Satyamangala. Upon reaching her destination, she realized that gold jewelry weighing 540 grams, which she had kept in her vanity bag, had been stolen. Following this, she lodged a complaint with the Chamarajanagar Town Police.
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Under the guidance of SP Dr. Kavitha and Deputy Superintendent Lakshmaiah, the police launched an investigation. CCTV footage from the KSRTC bus stand revealed that Lakshmi had stolen the jewelry from Pushpalatha’s bag. Further inquiries led the police to discover that Lakshmi had traveled by auto rickshaw to Talavady, Tamil Nadu, after committing the theft.
A police team acted on this information and arrested Lakshmi in Talavady, recovering a portion of the stolen jewelry.
SP Dr. Kavitha praised the efforts of the investigating team, including Town Police Inspector Rajesh, Sub-inspector Siddaraju, and constables Mohan Kumar, Lokesh, Mahadeva Ningaraju, and Rajeshwari, for their dedication in successfully solving the case.
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Traffic fraud: Fake 'no-entry' sticker racket busted in Delhi, mastermind among 3 held
New Delhi (PTI): Police here have busted a crime syndicate involved in traffic fraud and extortion, arresting three people including the alleged mastermind who sold fake stickers to help commercial vehicles bypass no-entry restrictions, an official said on Saturday.
The police said they dismantled a third organised syndicate linked to traffic-related frauds, with the arrest of Rinku Rana alias Bhushan, his associate Sonu Sharma and Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, who was also connected to another extortion syndicate.
According to the police, Rinku Rana was running a well-organised network that facilitated the movement of commercial goods vehicles during restricted hours by selling fake 'marka' or stickers for Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 per vehicle every month. The stickers were falsely projected as authorisation to evade traffic challans.
During raids, the police recovered Rs 31 lakh in cash, property documents worth several crores of rupees, over 500 fake stickers and six mobile phones allegedly used to operate the syndicate.
The crackdown followed a complaint filed by a traffic police officer in April this year after a commercial vehicle tried to evade checking by producing a fake sticker claiming exemption from enforcement action.
Investigation revealed that social media groups were being used to coordinate the illegal movement of vehicles and alert drivers about traffic police checkpoints, police said.
"A parallel system was being run to cheat drivers and vehicle owners while undermining traffic enforcement. On the basis of evidence, provisions related to organised crime under the BNS were invoked," a senior police officer said.
Sonu Sharma, the police said, managed social media groups through which stickers were sold and real-time alerts were circulated regarding traffic police movement. He also acted as a link between Rana and drivers operating in the field.
In a related development, Mukesh Kumar alias Pakodi, an associate of Rajkumar alias Raju Meena, who was earlier arrested under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was also apprehended.
Mukesh allegedly helped extort money from transporters and was involved in blackmailing traffic police personnel by recording enforcement actions, the police said.
Investigators alleged the syndicate led by Rajkumar deployed drivers to deliberately violate traffic rules and secretly record police officials during challans, later using manipulated videos to extort money under threat of false allegations.
The police said that in total, eight accused belonging to three different organised crime syndicates linked to traffic frauds and extortion have been arrested so far.
Further investigation is underway to trace the remaining members, conduct financial probes, and analyse digital evidence recovered during the raids, officials added.
