Three more members of an inter-state gang arrested

Karkala, Karnataka, Sep 3 (UNI) Three more members of an inter-State gang involved various crimes in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka were arrested today.

Police had arrested six members of the same gang on August 23.

According to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Labooram during the interrogation of the arrested earlier police have recovered six four wheelers, two motor bikes, and 101 sandalwood logs besides lethal weapons total worth over Rs 22 lakh. Today's arrests were based on the information provided by the six arrested earlier.

The trio arrested today were identified as Kammareddy Majid, Venkatesh Koppa and Ramesh Koppa.

Mr Labooram said that the gang which had committed crimes in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh had come to Daxina Kannada after completing the jail term in Andhra Pradesh and took shelter in a lodge at Bajagoli and was preparing a plan for big robbery.

He said that among the arrested three were also involved in murder case. Of the six arrested earlier, four persons- Ananda, Hanif, Sadique and Chandra were remanded to police custody while other two-Siddaraju and Asif were remanded to judicial custody.

During the interrogation, it was revealed that the arrested members of the gang possessed fake passport and planning to go abroad.

He said the gang involved in various crimes including murder, attempt to murder, vehicle theft, Haftha collection, sandalwood theft and lifting of car. During the arrest, a bagful of chilly powder was also seized used for crimes. The gang had come to Bajagoli in a stolen car which was met with accident at Nitte near Karkala.

The gang after leaving the car on the accident spot took another vehicle to reach Bajagoli, he said and added that the police seized the car next day.

The three arrested have been produced before the court today.

UNI