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Man arrested on theft charge, Rs 3.5 lakh worth valuables recovered

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Man arrested on theft charge, Rs 3.5 lakh worth valuables recovered

Karkala: The Karkala Rural and Town police have arrested a man allegedly involved in theft and recovered valuables worth Rs 3.5 lakh from him on December 14.

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The arrested has been identified as Umanath Prabhu (47) a resident of Miyar Karkala.

According to the police, the accused during interrogation admitted that he has committed thefts in 8 houses and one temple in the 2015 and in various places of Karkala Taluk limits in 2016.

The police have recovered 134 gram Gold ornaments, Rs 25000 worth silver ornaments and Rs 11000 cash from the accused.

Under the guidance of Dr Suman D Panekar ASP Karkala Division and Joy Antony CPI Karkala, the team led by Rafiq M PSI Karkala Rural, Ravi N N Karkala Town Police Station and their team including ASI Sheena Naik, Prashanth, Sathish Batwadi, Praveen Shettigar, Giridhar Pai, Gururaj, Prakashmoorthy, K Vishwanath took part in the operation.

The investigation is on and accused was remanded to judicial custody.


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