Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The Nandini Layout police on Saturday arrested a gang of three habitual offenders who posing as prospective tenants robbed a home on May 9.
The accused identified as Ziyaulla,36,Nandan,27, and sharath 27,residents of pattegarpalya are habitual offenders involved in several criminal cases .
Senior officer said,The accused on May 9, approached the victim who had put up a board for renting part of her house situated on 2nd block,2nd cross .
The victim took the accused to the house and observing that the woman was alone,they overpowered her tied her hands and legs with a duct tape and taped her mouth before removing gold valuables worth Rs.1.5 lakh from her and escaped .
The victim was later rescued by the neighbours and complained to the police .
Based on the complaint,a team of police led by Inspector,Venkategowda analyzed several CCTV footage from in and around the area and identified the accused .
The police have taken the accused into custody to ascertain whether they were involved in similar offences in the recent past.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,C H Pratap Reddy has appreciated Addl CP West, Sandeep Patil,DCP North,Vinayak Patil ACP,KS Venkatesh Naidu,PI,Venkategowda,PSIs,as,Naveed, Nithyanandachari,Chandan Kumar,Krishnappa Machohalli, and crime staff as,Manjunath, Rangaswamy,Smt.Gayathri,Srinivas,Basavanna, Umesh,Subhash,Abhishek,Prasad and other crime staff has been appreciated for the tremendous efforts they have done in nabbing the habitual offenders and a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added
