Two held for Bengaluru house burglary; gold, silver worth Rs 72 lakh recovered
Bengaluru (PTI): Two persons have been arrested in connection with a house burglary case, and police recovered gold and silver articles collectively valued at around Rs 72 lakh, officials said on Wednesday.
The investigation began after a resident of Vishwapriya Layout here lodged a complaint at the Begur police station.
According to police, on June 16, the complainant had gone to Udupi after locking his house. When he returned two days later, he found the front door broken open and left ajar.
"Upon inspection, it was found that 330 grams of gold ornaments and 1.2 kg of silver articles kept inside a cupboard had been stolen," a senior police officer said.
After weeks of analysing CCTV footage and tracking pawn transactions, police detained a suspect near Begur Lake Koli on August 6, based on information from informants. "Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed that he and his associate were responsible for the burglary," the officer said.
The accused also revealed that the stolen gold had been pledged at three pawn shops in Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) and provided details of his accomplice. Acting on this, police recovered 233 grams of gold ornaments from the pawn shops on August 18 and 19.
The second accused was detained on September 14 in an area under the Begur police station limits.
Based on information provided by both accused, police subsequently recovered 381 grams of gold ornaments and 470 grams of silver articles between October 9 and 26 from six jewellery shops—three in Chintamani taluk and three in KGF, officials said.
In total, 614 grams of gold and 470 grams of silver were recovered. Of the 1.2 kg of silver stolen, police managed to trace a portion during the raids.
The accused also confessed to their involvement in two other house burglaries within Begur police station limits and several more in Bengaluru Rural district, police added.
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Two girls injured in separate wolf attacks in UP's Bahraich
Bahraich (UP) (PTI): Two minor girls were injured in separate incidents of wolf attacks in the Bahraich district, forest department officials said on Saturday.
In the first incident on Friday, Anushka Nishad (5), daughter of Baliram from Mallahanpurwa village, was sleeping alone inside her house when a wolf entered and tried to carry her away, they said.
Hearing her screams, family members and villagers rushed to the spot. The wolf left the child, hearing the commotion, and ran towards the fields. The girl sustained minor injuries from the animal's teeth, the officials said.
Divisional Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav described the attack as deliberate and cleverly planned, as it occurred precisely when Anushka's mother went out for a few moments.
On the same day, Nancy (4), daughter of Kamlesh Yadav, was playing outside her house in Baburi Tola village when a wolf suddenly attacked and dragged her away.
Villagers raised an alarm, and the wolf released the child and ran towards the sugarcane fields. The injured child was sent to the Kaiserganj Community Health Centre for treatment.
Divisional Forest Officer Ram Singh Yadav told reporters that both attacks involved wolves, adding that the entire area is plagued by the animal's activity.
Since September 9, such attacks in the Bahraich district have claimed 10 lives, including eight children and an elderly couple, and injured dozens of people, the officials said.
District Magistrate Akshay Tripathi met the families of the victims on Friday and consoled them.
