Trio including Autorickshaw driver held,9 stolen batteries worth Rs.1 Lakh recovered

Pramesh S Jain 

The Chamarajapete police on Tuesday arrested a autorickshaw driver and two of his associates and recovered nine stolen batteries worth Rs. 1 lakh from them.

The accused has been identified as,Imran,Shamsheer,and Suhail.

Senior officer told reporters,a complaint was registered in chamarajpet police station in which the shop owner Nagaraju stating that on January 5, a set of five batteries have been stolen from his shop.The batteries are power backup for Nagaraju’s shop kept under the stairs of the shop.The miscreants had disconnected the wires and taken away the batteries worth Rs 50,000.

Based on the complaint special team headed by PI,BS Lokhapur and his crime staff swung into action and after visiting the crime scene the team verified the CCTV footage from in and around and in one of the CCTV footage the team found a Autorickshaw used in commiting offence.

Based on the technical evidence obtained the team picked Imran on suspect and during questioning the accused confessed the crime and revealed that he roped in with his associates Shamsheer and Suhail and stolen the batteries.

Based on his confession and statement the team arrested all the trio and the team grilled them and they revealed that they had committed similar theft at Wilson garden and stolen four batteries.

Based on their statement the team recovered totally 9 batteries from them worth of Rs.1 Lakh from them.

The accused have been booked under theft and taken into custody for further investigation to ascertain their criminal background.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP,P Ravikumar,PI,BS Lokhapur,PSI,Gopal,and other staff who has done a commendable job in nabbing the trio and recovering the stolen batteries and auto rickshaw used in commiting offence and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.