In a peculiar flip of occasions in a theft case, the Karnataka Police on Monday took into custody the complainant and his associates after seizing over Rs 1 crore from his automobile.
Gold seller Suraj Vanmane filed a criticism earlier than the Sankeshwar police within the Belagavi district police that he was robbed of Rs 75 lakh whereas returning to Kerala after finishing a enterprise deal in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur on November 15. He mentioned the robbers adopted him and threatened him at gunpoint to get out of his automobile on the Pune-Bengaluru nationwide freeway. He alleged that they escaped in his automobile which contained the money.
The police mentioned they registered a case and started a probe to hint the automobile. They later discovered it deserted close to the Nerli village within the Hukkeri taluk in Belagavi.
Based on a police officer, Suraj claimed that he had bought gold ornaments and had saved Rs 75 lakh in a specifically made field within the automobile. However when police seized the automobile and checked to recuperate the cash, they discovered money value Rs 1.01 crore in it.
Bheemashankar S Guled, Superintendent of Police, Belagavi, said on Monday that the complainant had put in a 2×2 toes field with a depth of six inches and a button to open it. “We’ve got taken Suraj, his car driver Areef Sheikh, and his pal Ajay Saragar to police custody for additional questioning,” mentioned Guled.
“We’ve got discovered that the gold ornaments belonged to a person named Bharat in Kerala. He despatched Suraj to promote the ornaments to 2 folks. The alleged theft befell when Suraj and his associates have been returning. We suspect they tried to trick the police by cooking up a theft story to steal the cash,” Guled mentioned.
