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MANGALURU: Dakshina Kannada, which recorded a low rate of burglaries and robberies, for a few months, during the lockdown, has been witnessing a substantial rise in them, in the past two months. At least one case is reported every day in the district now, which ranges from house burglaries, theft of vehicles, burglaries at temples and robberies.
According to police officials, the theft and burglary graph is going upward after the lockdown was completely lifted, and people started moving around in the new normal. The miscreants who were waiting for the right time, struck at places which are mostly locked for a day or more. After December 2020, at least one or more such crimes are being reported every day in Dakshina Kannada and the city police commissionerate limits. The highest number of such cases are being reported in Puttur, Bantwal and Belthangady taluks.
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Wed, Dec 23 2020 09:26:57 AM
Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (SP)
Beltangady, Dec 23: The police have been investigating the robbery which happened at the residence of Nooje Tukrappa Shetty, a Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader, who lives with his family in a house that is a little away from other houses, from all the angles. The robbers had tied up Shetty and stabbed his wife before taking away gold ornaments weighing about 400 grams and Rs 1,50,000 in cash.
The robbers had covered their faces with clothes. However, their body structures and gait suggested that they could be in the age group of 25 to 30 years. When the robbers were leaving, one of the robbers picked up Shetty s child that was weeping. Then the cloth covering his face had partially slid down and the family members could see that there was a tumour on his face.
Beltangady: Robbers tie up man, injure wife, loot gold ornaments
Mon, Dec 21 2020 09:08:25 AM
Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (SP)
Beltangady, Dec 21: A gang of robbers gate-crashed into a house in Southadka in the taluk, bound the house owner and committed a huge robbery.
A gang of nine entered a house located near the famous Southadka Lord Mahaganapathi temple in Kaukrady village, tethered the house owner with rope, attacked a woman of the house with a knife, and made good it s escape with a huge quantity of gold ornaments and cash.
The robbery happened between 12 am and 2 am on Monday December 21.
Dacoits strike at house near Dharmasthala
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They flee with cash, gold ornaments after stabbing home-maker
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They flee with cash, gold ornaments after stabbing home-maker
A group of nine dacoits stormed into a house near Southadka Mahaganapati Temple, which is near Dharmasthala, tied the house owner and stabbed his wife before making away with cash and gold ornaments in the wee hours on Monday.
According to B.M. Laxmi Prasad, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada, the dacoits took away ₹1.5 lakh in cash and 240 gm of gold ornaments at about 2.15 a.m. Geetha, the wife of house owner Tukrappa Shetty, an agriculturist, has been admitted to a hospital for treatment.