BENGALURU: A retired military hawaldar-turned-police constable on Monday morning caught a infamous prison, needed in over 40 circumstances, in filmi type at Sadashivanagar police station junction.
Doddalingaiah KL, 50, from Koratagere police station in Tumakuru district, took the assistance of visitors police assistant sub-inspector, Mayamma, to safe S Manjesha alias 420 Manja alias Hotte Manja, alias Choultry Manja, 40.
On June 20, scooter-borne Manja, a resident of Hesaraghatta, had approached an aged girl in Koratagere city when she was popping out of a hospital. He advised the lady that her senior citizen pension of Rs 1,000 had been elevated to Rs 1,500 and she or he needed to fill a type to get the additional cash. He took her on his scooter to a financial institution the place he made her take away her gold ornaments, claiming she needed to seem as a poor particular person in entrance of officers. He saved the ornaments with him and advised her he would deliver the shape and fled.
Manja was captured on CCTV digicam within the city. The Tumakuru command centre analysed a whole bunch of CCTV footage and tracked his scooter (registration quantity KA-64-L-2052) until Hesaraghatta in Bengaluru earlier than dropping the path. His picture was shared in police teams, after which it turned out that the accused was Manja, a routine offender needed by Bengaluru police too.
A crew of 4 Korataere policemen camped close to Manja’s home for a number of days in useless. Primarily based on pictures of Manja’s scooter, the command centre of Bengaluru police discovered him typically utilizing MS Ramaiah Highway, Sadashivanagar police station junction, and different stretches. The 4 policemen camped on these roads for 2 weeks in useless. Three cops have been withdrawn and solely Doddalingaiah saved earnestly looking for Manja.
On Monday morning, the Bengaluru command centre alerted Doddalingaiah, who was close to Yeshwantpur, that Manja had handed MS Ramaiah Hospital junction on his scooter and was heading in direction of Sadashivanagar station junction, and shared his photograph. Doddalingaiah rode his bike on footpaths, one-ways, and reached the junction. He defined to Mayamma, who was deployed on the junction, about Manja’s arrival. “Earlier than they may flip the sign purple, Manja was noticed by Doddalingaiah by his helmet and he tried to flag down the car. Manja tried to flee. Doddalingaiah held the scooter and ran behind him. When he sensed Manja would escape, he latched on to his legs and slowed down the scooter. Mayamma rushed to Doddalingaiah’s assist,” mentioned Ashok VK, superintendent of police, Tumakuru.
Manja assaulted her with the helmet. Passersby then rushed to assist her, thrashed Manja and nabbed him. “Manja is concerned in 40 circumstances in Bengaluru, Mysuru, Chikkaballapura and Tumakuru. Doddalingaiah and Mayamma did a commendable job in securing him,” Ashok mentioned. Manja began committing crimes along with his girlfriend, who used to work at a choultry. She used to steal ornaments and dispose them of by him.
