Three member gang involved in 13 HBT cases arrested by Govindarajnagar police recovered stolen property worth Rs.70 lakhs

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar

The Govindarajnagar police on tuesday arrested a gang of three involved in over 13 house break thefts and recovered valuables worth Rs.70 lakh from them.

The prime accused in the case identified as Karthik alias escape Karthik is an inter state house break theft offender involved in 83 cases in the state as well as in Chennai and Tirupati.

The accused had 18 non bailable warrants against him, City Police Commissioner,B.Dayananda,said .

Following a theft case registered in Govindarajnagar police station,the police track down Karthik in goa along with two of his associates Dileep and Arjun and arrested them.

Karthik is operating in the state since 2005 and even escaped from police custody thrice earlier.

Appreciating the police team for nabbing Karthik,B Dayananda appreciated DCP West Girish S and his whole team and announced a cash reward of Rs.50,000.