Kavoor police team with the arrested.
Credit: Kavoor Police
Mangaluru: The Kavoor police have arrested three persons accused of pledging fake gold ornaments as genuine ones and cheating a cooperative society of over Rs 6.24 lakh.
According to police, on October 9, a man named Harif Abubakkar, a resident of Aakash Bhavan, allegedly pledged imitation gold ornaments at Atmashakti Multipurpose Cooperative Society in Kavoor. Believing them to be genuine, the society sanctioned a loan amount of Rs 6.24 lakh to his account. Following a complaint filed by the society, a case was registered at Kavoor Police Station under Sections 316(2), 318(4), read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
Investigating the case, the police were successful in arresting three persons. The arrested are Harif Abubakkar (39), son of K Abubakkar, resident of Aakash Bhavan, Mangaluru; Mohammed Ashiq Kattathar Hussain (34), son of Ummar Kattathar Hussain, a resident of Nanthoor Bikarnakatte, and Abdul Rameez (33), son of Abubakkar, resident of Belandur village, Puttur taluk.
The operation was conducted under the guidance of ACP (North Sub Division) Srikanth K, by Kavoor Police Inspector Raghavendra M Baindoor, PSI Mallikarjun Biradara, and staff members ASI Chandrappa Sunil, HCs Sambhaji Kadam, Kenchan Gowda, Pramod Kumar, and PCs Nagaraj Bairagond, Praveen, Riyaz, Thirthaprasad, and Anand.