Nine members of gang held on charges of theft, dacoity
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A team of the city police led by Assistant Commissioner of Police (North Sub Division) Mahesh Kumar on Saturday arrested nine persons who were allegedly involved in a spate of theft, robbery, and dacoity incidents in Dakshina Kannada, Bengaluru, Udupi, Hassan, and Chikkamagaluru districts.
Police Commissioner N. Shashi Kumar gave the names of the arrested as Abdul Rauf, 24, Ramamurthy, 23, Ashraf Peradi, 27, Santhosh, 24, Naveed, 36, Ramananda N. Shetty, 48, Suman, 24, Siddique, 27, and Alikoya.
Ravoof was involved in 12 cases, while Ashraf and Santosh were involved in nine cases. Ramamurthy and Alikoya were involved in eight cases each, while Siddique, Suman, and Ramanand Shetty were involved in seven cases respectively. Naveed was involved in one case, Mr. Kumar told reporters. Efforts are on to trace about 20 more persons, including four key operators, he said.