Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur
Puttur, Nov 14: Uppinangady police have arrested an accused who had been absconding for nearly 10 years without appearing before the court in connection with a robbery case registered in 2006.
The accused has been identified as Masood alias Masoor, a resident of Magundi in Chikkamagaluru.
According to the police, on the night of July 26, 2006, four unidentified persons visited the house of Shivashankar Shastri, who was practising medicine at Koukradi in Uppinangady police station limits, on the pretext of seeking treatment. They tied up Shastri and his wife and robbed them of gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth a total of Rs 2,35,800.
In connection with the incident, a case was registered at Uppinangady police station under Crime No. 187/2006 under Sections 395 and 397 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Masood, who was named as an accused in the case, had been absconding and had not appeared before the court for nearly 10 years.
Uppinangady police station personnel HC-325 Nanjundayya and PC-1944 Mathew Varghese arrested him and produced him before the court. The court has remanded him to judicial custody.