Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The Halasurgate 
police on Friday arrested A Habitual offender who joined to work in a jewellery shop only to steal valuables worth Rs.1.02 crore .
Based on the complaint filed by Aravind Kumar,owner of Kachan jewellers in Nagarathpet,the police track down Ketharam and his associate Rakesh and recovered Rs.15.5 lakh worth cash,1.6 kilos of gold valuables,6.4 kilos of silver articles,some antique valuables from them.
Senior officer told reporters,Ketharam is a habitual offender involved in several criminal cases including house break thefts and NDPS cases.
He was arrested and remanded to judicial custody. After coming out of prison,Ketharam joined Kanchan Jewellers two months ago and worked hard to gain the trust of Aravind Kumar.
On October 29,when Aravind Kumar was planning to go out of station with the family for Dasara vacation, Ketharam stole the shop keys .
He along with Rakesh gained entry into the shop and escaped with the valuables .
The theft came to light when Aravind Kumar returned and filed a complaint with the police.
City police Commissioner,B.Dayananda appreciated the police team for cracking the case .
