Pramesh S Jain
The Malleshwaram police have arrested a 25-year-old BTech graduate who used to rob gold chains from jewellery shops after gaining entry as prospective client.
Based on the complaint by a jewellery shop owner in February,the police track down Richard Richie,native of Madikeri and recovered 132 grams of gold valuables worth Rs.12 Lakhs.
The accused had completed his engineering graduation from a city based private college in 2022 and took up crime since he could not get a job .
He was involved in several such cases and arrested by JB Nagar police few months ago.After coming out on bail the accused targeted two shops and escaped with the gold chains .
Jagadisha BR,Inspector,Malleshwaram and his crime team tracked down the accused from a lodge in his native place and arrested him.
The accused is addicted to online gambling and prostitution and used to spend money on vices and lead a lavish life,the police,said .
The police identified the accused through CCTV footage and the matched details with the crime database .
The police are further investigating to ascertain if the accused was involved in similar offences .
