MANGALURU: Sleuths of City Crime Branch (
CCB) in joint operation with personnel of
Mulki police station on Thursday busted a notorious gang of car thieves arresting four accused, including kingpin in a fake RC racket, in the process. Police seized five cars valued at Rs 50 lakh from their possession, city police chief T R Suresh said, adding the arrests were carried out based on a definite information about the gang’s presence in Mulki police station limits.
Police made the breakthrough with the arrest of Fayaz, 34, who was spotted driving a car that was reportedly stolen from
Ullal police station limits earlier this month, during checking at Bappanadu check post. Based on information provided by Fayaz, police zeroed in on three other accused at Mukka under Surathkal PS limits and seized four cars allegedly stolen, from them. Fayaz of Ballari is part of a notorious fake RC racket operated by Kukkaje Abubakkar Sadiq.
The other accused are Rohan Shailesh D’Souza, 31 of Ullal in
Mangaluru taluk, David Clinton, 22 of Rayee village in
Bantwal taluk and Eesa Roshan, 37 of Valencia in Mangaluru. Suresh said cases of cheating have been registered against these three accused in Ullal and
Panambur police stations, lauding the operation carried out by Ananthapadmanabha, PI, Mulki PS and Shantharam, PI, CCB, and their respective staff under the supervision of senior officers.
