Caretaker turned thief arrested by Rajarajeshwarinagar police recovered stolen property worth Rs.10 lakhs

Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar

The Rajarajeshwarinagar police on Wednesday arrested a 34-year-old caretaker who had stolen valuables worth Rs.10 lakh from the apartment where he was working .

The accused Basavaraj Dyamanna Vaddara from Haveri was arrested based on the complaint filed by the owner of the apartment Sneha Kulakarni.

Senior officer told reporters, she had availed the service of caretaker from a city based caregiver service for her aged and ailing father in law.

The accused Basavaraj worked for few days and later left to his home town for a two days holiday and did not return.

The family contacted the agency to get a replacement and later found the valuables from the house worth 10 lakh were missing .

Based on the complaint,the police track down the accused from his home town arrested and recovered the valuables.