CALANGUTE: Four persons from West Bengal were arrested by Calangute police on Friday for allegedly snatching gold ornaments and mobile phones from a Karnataka tourist in the early hours of Friday.
The tourist, identified as Santhosha HA, from Karnataka, lodged a complaint that while he was near a popular restaurant in Calangute at around midnight on Friday, four unknown accused persons initially snatched his Oppo Reno mobile phone and cash of Rs 19,000, and later snatched away two gold chains which he was wearing round his neck, all worth Rs 1,95,000 approximately.
During investigations, the staff of Calangute police station were briefed about the incident and a team headed by PSI Akshay Parsekar was formed to identify and locate the accused persons involved in the crime. The team gathered intelligence and suspected accused persons were located and upon their personal search two gold chains in broken state were found in their possession.
The four accused persons were then brought to Calangute police station, where they all admitted to have actively taken part in commission of the crime. The stolen property –two gold chains which were recovered from their possession, valued at Rs 1,60,000 approximately, were attached under the panchanama. Further investigation to recover the remaining stolen property is in progress.
The four accused are Morsalin Molla, 20, Raju Molla, 19, Akthar Ali, 24, and Rakiful Mondal, 19, all natives of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal.
A case has been registered by the Calangute Police under various sections of the Indian Penal Code such as theft, wrongful restraint and section 356 in response to Santhosha’s complaint.
