Mangaluru: Cops return gold, other property recovered from thieves to the owners

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April 26, 2019

Mangaluru, Apr 26: While speaking about how footage from CCTV cameras helped police in apprehending the accused in a theft in the city outskirts at Surathkal, Police Commissioner Sandeep Patil on Friday asked residents, especially those living in isolated areas, to install such cameras and other safety gadgets at their homes.

At a function organised to return to owners the property recovered, Mr. Patil said crime prevention measures taken by police alone would not prevent thefts. It was important for people too to adopt some of the measures including installation of CCTVs and other access control devices at their houses.

Taking the instance of the theft in Surathkal’s NMPT Colony in December 2018, Mr. Patil said, “There was not much evidence about the housebreakers other than the footage of the CCTV (installed at the entrance of the house). We could clearly see the way thieves entered the house. This footage was crucial in catching one of the two accused in the case,” he said.

The return of articles to the rightful owners was part of police’s citizen-friendly initiative, Mr. Patil said. It also showed people the transparent working style of the police. The police were working hard to maintain law and order and also doing well in catching offenders in theft and other criminal cases. They were coming down on those possessing and selling cannabis and other narcotic substances.

Mr. Patil asked people to make use of Facebook, Twitter and other social media to give information to the police.

Gold ornaments worth Rs. 3.72 crore, two-wheelers, and other material were seized from the accused arrested in cases of thefts reported in 2018 and in the four months of 2019. Mr. Patil on Friday initiated the exercise of returning the recovered articles to the owners.

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September 28,2024

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Bengaluru, Sep 28: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing charges against arrested Karnataka BJP MLA N. Munirathna Naidu, including allegations of rape, honey-trapping, and other offences, on Saturday conducted raids at his residence and 15 other locations across the city.

Sources confirmed that the raids were taking place at his Vyalikaval residence and other properties owned by the BJP MLA. The operation is being conducted by the SIT under the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) led by ACP Kavitha.

The team is examining documents, electronic devices, and other materials related to the rape and honey-trapping case. The SIT is being supported by experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), with Superintendent of Police (SP) Sowmya Latha also participating in the search and inspection at Munirathna’s Vyalikaval residence.

According to sources, the raids were triggered by information provided by the victim, who alleged that Munirathna recorded footage of sexual assaults and used it to blackmail politicians and public servants, including IAS and IPS officers.

The victim reportedly revealed that she was used to entrap the woman who had lodged a rape case against a senior IFS officer. She was allegedly instructed to frame the rape victim in a drug peddling case.

The complainant told police that she was tasked with capturing compromising videos of the rape victim who had filed the case against the IFS officer. She claimed that, after several failed attempts to obtain the videos, the victim was drugged with sleeping pills, and obscene footage was recorded without her consent. Later, the IFS officer was bailed out from the charges.

Furthermore, the complainant has accused MLA Munirathna of raping her at his office within the state legislature, in his official vehicle, and at his godown. She has alleged that he recorded videos of these assaults.

Police sources also revealed that the victim in the MLA's case provided details of a plot involving sending HIV-infected women to Munirathna's targets in an attempt to ruin them politically and personally. She also disclosed the names of several politicians whom she had entrapped through honey-trapping.

The woman further claimed that Munirathna had threatened to have her son kidnapped and killed if she refused to comply with his demands. According to her, the MLA had a well-organised team dedicated to carrying out these honey-trapping operations, and she provided details about his close associates and relatives involved in the scheme.

Munirathna, who was in judicial custody following his arrest in the rape and honey-trap case, has now been taken into the custody of the SIT.

The MLA was transferred from Bengaluru Central Jail to the CID office on the night of September 24. The BJP legislator, however, has denied all the allegations, claiming they are false.

Karnataka Congress leader D.K. Suresh had alleged that Munirathna was trying to infect his adversaries with HIV and that the government should investigate the matter.

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