Express News Service
MADIKERI: Police have arrested an accused in the theft case of the mobile phones from the Madikeri COVID Hospital.
KD Sumanth (24) was arrested in the theft case.
A complaint was filed by the family of COVID-19 victim, Usha Kiran (president of the Somwarpet Taluk Panchayat) at Madikeri Police Station. The mobile phone of the victim was not returned to the family from the COVID Hospital.
Following the police investigation, accused Sumanth, a worker who supplied beverages at the Hospital has been arrested. Police sources confirmed the accused to possess a history in theft cases.
Mobile phones of COVID victims Usha Kiran, SB Sommaiah, and another untraced phone have been retrieved alongside three ATM cards of different banks.