Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The West Division police of Upparpet police on Saturday arrested an notorious autorickshaw driver who along with his associates robbed lone passengers in and around Majestic area and recovered stolen property Worth Rs.7 lakh from him.
The accused has been identified as,Manoj Kumar.
Senior officer,told media persons,a complaint was filed by one of the victim who stated in his complaint that as on 8th November he hired a auto to go to Bommanahalli from Majestic and was robbed by some unknown person in an isolated place and was thrown out of auto the miscreants escaped with his gold chain he stated in his complaint.
Based on complaint filed by one of the victim who have been robbed of his valuables on Nov 8, Special team was formed by ACP,P Ravikumar,under the leadership of PI, Shivaswamy CB and his team swung into action.
Inspector and his team visited the spot and collected all the information from the crime spot and the crime team after analysing CCTV footage and other technical evidence identified the accused as Manoj Kumar and arrested him.
The upparpet police team grilled the accused who confessed the crime and revealed that he used to move around majestic area to identify the targets and offered them ride .
Once the gullible passenger board the auto,the other accused who were waiting and were keeping a watch on the auto would follow the autorickshaw and rob the passengers at knife point in an isolated place and escape .
The team grilled him who spilled the beans and based on his statement the team recovered,gold chain,2 Nikon cameras and lenses which he stole from Ramamurthynagar police station limits altogether total worth of Rs.7 lakhs valuables has been recovered from him.
We suspect that the accused are habitual offenders involved in several criminal cases and looking out for five accused who are on the run,and further investigation is on.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Soumendhu Mukherjee,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,P Ravikumar,PI Shivaswamy CB,and his whole team who has done a commendable job in nabbing the notorious Auto driver who was robbing passengers who trust them and go to their destination but this criminal to make easy money has misused the uniform of Autorickshaw driver as many auto drivers treat passengers as god as to earn their livelihood and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.
