Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (RD/GA)

Shimoga, Aug 6: The robbery case at Tallur Angadi near Agumbe has been solved the police.  With the arrest of 6 persons including two women, the robbery for which Naxalites were blamed has been solved and the true robbers have been nabbed.

The prime accused has been identified as Shivaramachary from Tallur Angadi. B S Shiva Kumar (31), a resident of Bandinagowdanalli from Chamarajanagar, M N Vijay Kumar alias Ajay (24), Kolar Madivala, Rajesh alias Dinesh (27) from Eshwarahalli in Chikmagalur, Vijayalaxmi (25) from Chikkabasavanapura Krishnarajapuram and Ambika (24) were also being arrested.  

The policemen from CCB and Shimoga police station were involved in the operation.  They were picked up from Bangalore.  The policemen have recovered gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 2 lac, Rs 10,000 in cash, a gun that was used to threaten while robbing a pistol, Tata Indica car, two stolen mobile hand sets and one jacket.  Accordingly the police have replaced the dacoity case registered against Naxals with the accused already arrested.

Shivaramachary has been a history rowdy-sheeter with several cases pending against him in several stations. He was earlier employed in a jewellery shop in Udupi.  There he was accused of forging signature of MLA.  He had also masterminded several burglaries many more houses soon after this house burglary. Both the women who were arrested are the daughters of Basavalingappa, a retire policemen with Railway Protection Force.  

Vijayalaxmi, a fashion design graduate seems to have worked in Hyderabad, Vijayawada before leaving the job to stay in Bangalore since a couple of months.

Ambika had deserted her husband who had criminal background and was staying with Rakesh, who was working in a bar at Sriramapur. Shiva Kumar who was involved in online lottery had been employed as assistant with a movie producer at Gandhinagar.

The torching of KSRTC bus near Tallur Angadi in Agumbe by alleged Naxals on July 2 had been followed by the series of burglary at 4 houses in the periphery of the same village.  This had caused apprehension among the residents of Malnad.  Since the area is known for Naxal menace, most of the residents had pointed accusing finger at Naxalites.  However, the Naxalites had denied this and claimed that they had nothing to do with the robbery.

Now with the arrest with the real robbers, this has been proved true.