Nine arrested for robbery, theft

The Central Crime Branch sleuths have arrested nine men in separate cases of robbery and theft. 

On a tip-off, the sleuths of CCB (organised crime wing) conducted raids at Ramachandrapura and Srirampura, and arrested five men who were allegedly plotting to rob their rival, Pipeline Anil.

The arrested are: Muneer, 20, Naveen, 21, Chetan Kumar, 20, Akhilesh, 20, and Koushik, 20, all residents of Srirampur and surrounding areas. The police have seized weapons, a chilli powder packet and two bikes from them. The men were also charged with murder of Naveen alias Kinto Naveen in February 2012, the police said.

In another case, the CCB (homicide and burglary wing) sleuths arrested three men, who allegedly conspired to rob lone commuters at the BDA Complex and Vivek Nagar.

The arrested Karthik, 25, Venkatesh, 27, and Ravi, 27, are said to be associates of slain rowdy Palani. The police have seized weapons, chilli powder packets, a bike and four cellphones. However, Paramesh, Satish, George, Sandeep, Saravana and Laddu escaped.
A 37-year-old construction worker, who allegedly struck at houses in PP Layout and Uttarahalli, was arrested recently.

Rudresh, a resident of Ramanagar, was a construction worker before taking to robbery and theft, police said. During interrogation, Rudresh said he was inspired by reports in media on details of such crimes. He bought an air gun from a shop in Majestic and targeted the newly built houses where he had worked.

He would watch the houses for two days and on the third day, he would strike at the houses when women were alone. He would threaten them at gun point and rob them of valuables.  

The police seized the air gun and stolen articles. A case has been registered at Subramanyapura police station.