The Bengaluru police not too long ago arrested an interstate burglar, lively for 27 years and wished in 88 theft circumstances, after he allegedly looted a home in Kodigehalli and fled with valuables price Rs 9.20 lakh.
Srinivas, a local of Andhra Pradesh, has been breaking into homes throughout Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka since 1998, mentioned the police. A mechanical engineering graduate, he beforehand labored as a technical crew member within the Telugu movie trade, mentioned the police. Nevertheless, he developed an habit to playing and a lavish life-style, which in the end led him to commit thefts, they mentioned. In line with a police officer, his siblings are working professionals in the US and Australia.
On April 16, he allegedly focused a home in Balaji Format, Kodigehalli, when the residents had been away. Utilizing a rod to power open the door, he entered and stole valuables, mentioned the police. Srinivas left his fingerprints on the scene, and the police’s fingerprint consultants matched them to his information from a earlier arrest in 2022 by the Jeevan Bima Nagar police.
“We additionally reviewed CCTV footage and confirmed Srinivas’s involvement. A search operation was launched instantly,” mentioned an investigating officer.
On Might 2, the police caught Srinivas close to a paying-guest lodging in Nagawara, the place he had been staying. The police mentioned investigations revealed he had dedicated one other housebreaking in the identical space, and he had arrived in Bengaluru solely 4 days earlier than the crime.
Srinivas has circumstances registered towards him in Madhapur and Sarojini Nagar in Hyderabad, Bidar in Karnataka, and Eluru city in Andhra Pradesh. Regardless of the staggering variety of circumstances, he has by no means been convicted, mentioned the police.
He’s presently in judicial custody, and the Kodigehalli police have recovered stolen gadgets from his affiliate’s house in Mysuru.
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In a separate incident, the Kodigehalli police arrested two males, Rizwan Pasha and Kruthik Preetham, for allegedly robbing a overseas nationwide close to the ring street in northeast Bengaluru. The duo allegedly used a pointy weapon to intimidate the sufferer and fled with Rs 1.60 lakh in money.
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