Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The CCB officials on Monday arrested a 44-year-old habitual offender who had mastered the art of breaking open the houses using duplicate key which he would make on the spot using aluminium foil.
The accused identified as Prakash Balaji,a habitual house break offender having 53 cases pending against him had been arrested by city police on a similar case few months ago.
While he was in central prison of Parappana Agrahara, the accused befriended a Notorious Habitual Offender from North India who taught him the art of making duplicate key using silver foil on the spot.
After learning the trick of the trade,Prakash came out on bail one and half month ago and using the skill he committed six house break thefts,the senior officer, said.
Based on a tip off the CCB police track down the accused at Bannappa park where he used to hide despite having a house.
The accused was married to the daughter of a retired policemen and the family knew about his profession, the police said.It was a love marriage,the police, added.
Based on his confession the police recovered 422 grams of gold valuables and a motorcycle worth ₹ 27.4 lakh from him.
