Sold them for a mere Rs. 4,000, without even knowing what they are used for or the actual value of the goods

His own greed proved costly for 23-year-old V Santosh, who used to steal laptops and sell them at less than one-tenth of their original price — to [...]]]>

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Sold them for a mere Rs. 4,000, without even knowing what they are used for or the actual value of the goods

His own greed proved costly for 23-year-old V Santosh, who used to steal laptops and sell them at less than one-tenth of their original price — to buy chicken kebabs and beer. He had been involved in the crime for the last two months, without even knowing what laptops do.

He simply sold them to a local for Rs. 4,000 apiece. All this stopped when the HSR Layout police arrested him on Monday.

Santosh had come to Bangalore as a lorry cleaner last year from Tamil Nadu. After working for a while, he tried his hand as a lorry driver, but could not get a job, so he started working as a security person at a building construction site at the HSR Layout. But he was not happy with his meager income.

Santosh, a beer and chicken lover, lived alone and used to visit a local hotel for food. But since he was always short of money, he could not have these items to his heart’s content. For this, he even took loans from many people.

Two months ago, he saw an engineer carrying a laptop. Since Santosh had never seen anything like that, he asked his friend Nandeesh, who apparently knew something about them. Nandeesh made him an offer — he would buy any laptop Santosh could steal for Rs. 4,000.

Santosh agreed, and Nandeesh told him how and who to steal from. Since HSR Layout has the maximum number of techies as residents, there was no dearth of laptops. Another reason they were targetted was because most of them work in odd shifts, and would leave their doors open so as not to disturb their roommates.

Santosh went on a spree, and stole 16 laptops, LCD TV and four cameras.Following over 15 complaints, the cops started asking around, and found out that Santosh was seen at many scenes of crime. So they laid a trap, and started tapping his phone, and finally arrested him on Monday.

In his confession, he told the police, “I love chicken kebabs, and for the last two months, I had started drinking beer regularly. But all this cost money, and I never had enough. So my friend told me to steal these items. I don’t even know what these devices do.”

LY Rajesh, Police Inspector, HSR Layout said, “He stole laptops only for beer and kebabs. He doesn’t know how much they cost. We also investigating his friend and soon we get all attempts of both. The police have recovered all laptops, and have sent Santosh to judicial custody.”

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A police constable, who was injured while saving a woman from robbers, has been advised two months rest by doctors.

Venugopal, 26, was hurt while grapping with one of the two armed robbers, who had been threatening to murder a fashion designer, Vasundhara, 25, at her house in HSR Layout [...]]]>

HSR Police Station

A police constable, who was injured while saving a woman from robbers, has been advised two months rest by doctors.

Venugopal, 26, was hurt while grapping with one of the two armed robbers, who had been threatening to murder a fashion designer, Vasundhara, 25, at her house in HSR Layout on August 13.

The constable’s brave act saved the woman.

Though he was discharged from hospital, the constable expressed fear that the injury might affect the mobility of his wrist.
Inspector LY Rajesh of HSR Layout police station said his men had gone to the woman’s house on 31st Main after getting information about the robbery. When they reached her house, they found the robbers were about to stab her.

“Fortunately, we reached the spot on time and rescued her. It was the constable, who grappled and overpowered one of the burglars, and prevented any heinous crime from taking place,” the inspector said.

One of the robbers stabbed Venugopal on his wrist, as the policeman tried to rescue the woman. Though injured, the tough constable refused to loosen his grip on the robber, and with the help of a sub-inspector in the team, disarmed and secured the assailant.

Later at the St John’s Hospital, it was found that the robber had damaged the nerves in Venugopal’s left wrist. He was hospitalised for a week, before he was sent home. He is now advised to take rest so that the nerves would heal.

The robber who had stabbed Venugopal was later identified as Arjun, 20. He had been employed as a cook in Vasundhara’s house since a month ago. The accused, a native of Bihar, had been watching the household, with the intention of returning to his native state after robbing the family.

Arjun decided to strike on August 13. He knew that Vasundhara’s mother would be in Visakhapatnam, and her brother, Siddarth, a lawyer, would be returning home late. The woman’s father has been working in Kuwait.

The accused roped in his friend Ravi, 22, to commit the crime. But his plans went awry when Vasundhara managed to inform her brother over the phone about the robbery. Siddarth alerted the HSR Layout police, who immediately swung into action.

Police said the robbers attacked them to escape arrest, but failed. Both of them were arrested. Investigators were suspecting that Arjun joined as a cook with the sole intention of robbing the family.

The city police commissioner, Shankar M Bidari, presented Venugopal a cash award of Rs5,000 for his brave act, besides Rs20,000 to meet his medical expenses. The constable has been treated under the Arogya Bhagya scheme.
Source:DNA

Bhaskar Reddy timed his thefts with the daily routine followed by techies in the area.  He allegedly broke into homes in the neighbourhood early in the morning when the [...]]]> The Bangalore police have arrested a thief who stole laptops, mobile phones and handy cams from techies’ homes in HSR Layout while they showered in the morning.

Bhaskar Reddy timed his thefts with the daily routine followed by techies in the area.  He allegedly broke into homes in the neighbourhood early in the morning when the men were in the bathroom and cleaned the flats of all electronic goods.

He reportedly found the going good till a team from HSR Layout police station in plainclothes finally caught up with him on Sunday.

Reddy, a native of Chittur district, came to Bangalore two years ago. He did not stick very long to his first job as a daily worker in cyber cafes and soon took to robbing houses in isolated places in Bangalore.

A few months later, Reddy abandoned robbery for stealing LPG cylinders from hotels and apartments and was soon arrested. “Bhaskar Reddy sold cylinders for half their retail price.

He stole nearly 100 cylinders on the outskirts of Bangalore,” confirmed HSR Layout Sub-Inspector Mirza Ali Raza.

Following his arrest, Reddy gave up stealing cylinders and instead took to cleaning techies’ houses in HSR Layout of expensive electronic goods.

He would break into the house around 6.30 am when the techies would be in the bathroom getting ready for their long daily commute to Electronic city and ITPL.
 
“He is a professional. He tried many ways to steal from his victims and often succeeded. We faced many problems zeroing in on him for a very long time. 

We changed our strategy and he finally lost. He has been remanded to custody and investigations are on to know more about him,” said Raza.
Source:Mid-Day

On Monday afternoon, Rajashekar, supervisor at a real estate office was deputed to withdraw cash from a private bank, opposite NIFT.

He drove back from the bank with his nine-year-old nephew seated in the front seat and the [...]]]> A realtor firm employee lost Rs 10 lakh cash kept in the backseat of his car at HSR Layout.

On Monday afternoon, Rajashekar, supervisor at a real estate office was deputed to withdraw cash from a private bank, opposite NIFT.

He drove back from the bank with his nine-year-old nephew seated in the front seat and the bag containing Rs 10 lakh in the rear seat.

Rajashekhar started the car, but realised that one of the tyres was deflated.

When Rajashekar finished changing the tyre, he saw that the cash bag was gone, police said.

According to police, the car window glasses was raised and the boy also got down to watch his uncle changing the tyres. Police speculate that someone opened the door and took away the bag of cash. Investigation is on.
Source:Times of India

The sudden spells of darkness engulfing the layout, courtesy the load-shedding , is also one of the main contributory factors for the spurt in chain snatching incidents.

We cant blame all on the power cuts, the commissioner however felt that Bangalore was still a safe city. As far as the specifics of [...]]]>

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The sudden spells of darkness engulfing the layout, courtesy the load-shedding , is also one of the main contributory factors for the spurt in chain snatching incidents.

We cant blame all on the power cuts, the commissioner however felt that Bangalore was still a safe city. As far as the specifics of chain snatching incidents were concerned , the culprits are usually young boys around 20-25 years on Bikes. They are targeting those near the Temples and those who are on a evening walk near various parks of HSR Layout, specially 2nd Sector Park near Purva Fairmont and the one on 5th Main Road.

Police in Action Mode:

HSR Layout police is taking no chance in letting these incidents increase any further. To check this crime, they have increased the patrolling around temples, parks and vulnerable areas like, 23rd  cross, 5th main, Hosapalya road, Mangammapalya main road. So don’t be surprised if any Khakhi Cop stops you and asks you to remove your helmet and asks about your address etc, Be polite and answer all there queries they are doing it for our safety.

Suggestions to avoid becoming sitting ducks of Chain Snatching Gangs:

• Avoid unnecessary display of jewels.
• Be vigilant when walking alone
• In case anyone’s chain is snatched, raise an alarm, alert neighbors or the public and inform HSR Police Station or Madivala Police Station if you are near Silk Board or Teachers colony.

HSR Plice Station- 080-22943467
Hoysala- 080-22943000
Address:No.29/A, 1st Sec,27th Mn, Hsr Layout, Bangalore – 560034

Madivala Police Sation- 080-22942568 / 22942064
Source:HSR Times