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Tiger, leopard pelts among recovered property

Staff Reporter

Bangalore: The South East Division police cracked 102 cases of dacoity, robbery, vehicle thefts and burglary in the month gone by and seized stolen property worth Rs. 2.11 crore from 58 persons.

The seized materials include pelts of protected wildlife species.

City Police Commissioner Shankar M. Bidari, on Thursday told presspersons that staff attached to the Hulimavu, Mico Layout, Tilak Nagar, HAL, Kadugodi, Electronics City, Parappana Agrahara, Koramangala, Varthur, Madivala and Airport police stations achieved this after conducting series of raids in their jurisdictions.

Seized items

The police recovered a mini lorry, four cars, an autorickshaw, 21 gold chains, 12 pairs of gold bangles, 22 pair gold ear rings, 34 gold rings, three laptops, 26 mobile phones, four leopard pelts, deer pelts, deer antlers, a tiger pelt, a fake deer pelt, Rs. 13.18 lakh and Rs. 3.5 lakh worth foreign currency.

The recovered properties were displayed near Koramangala police station on Thursday.

Mr. Bidari, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East Division) B.N.S. Reddy and other officials were present.

Vehicle theft

Mico Layout police have arrested eight men in connection with 31 cases of vehicle theft and recovered motorcycles and cars worth Rs. 30 lakh from them.

Similarly, Tilak Nagar police nabbed 10 persons for house thefts and seized Rs. 20.5 lakh worth gold and silver ornaments, and vehicles used by the accused to commit the crime, from the accused.

The HAL police arrested a gang of 12 people, including 3 women, for selling forest goods and seized a tiger pelt, four leopard pelts, deer horns, a deer pelt and a fake deer's pelt.

Kidnapped and robbed

Two engineering students were allegedly kidnapped and robbed of their cash and valuables at knifepoint here on Wednesday midnight.

The Rajarajeshwarinagar police said the one of the victims, Vivek Tiwari (22), a student of R.V. Engineering College on Bangalore-Mysore highway, filed a complaint against the unidentified men. The police refused to reveal the name of the other victim, a girl.

Mr. Tiwari, after dining in a hotel on Brigade Road, was returning with his friend in his car when the incident occurred. The complainant is staying in the Ideal Home Township near Rajarajeshwarinagar.

The suspects, who were on two motorcycles, blocked Mr. Tiwari's car and forced themselves into the vehicle. Later, they drove on Mysore Road, beating him up and snatching Rs. 2,000, ATM cards and mobile phones.

When the car hit a road divider near Nayandanahalli, they stopped and escaped in the dark, the police said.

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