Serial Burglaries Cracked In Belagavi, Five Arrested

Belagavi: Belagavi city police arrested five persons involved in a series of house burglaries in various areas and seized gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 67.93 lakh.

Police said the accused targeted houses in areas such as Aman Nagar, Ujwal Nagar, Maruti Nagar, Shahu Nagar and Veerabhadra Nagar, broke the locks and escaped with valuables.

Three of those arrested – Rehan Mainuddin Dhafedar alias Pathan (18), a resident of Vaibhav Nagar, Malik Khalil Hubballi (26) of Veerabhadra Nagar and Armaan Akshar Shaikh (18), originally from Raibag taluk and currently residing in Veerabhadra Nagar, are accused of carrying out the thefts.

Two other persons, Khalil Ismail Hubballi (57) and Shanawaz Sirajuddin Pathan (23), both from Veerabhadra Nagar, were arrested for allegedly receiving and possessing stolen ornaments.

Police said they seized 415.98 grams of gold ornaments worth Rs 64.47 lakh and 1,329.75 grams of silver ornaments worth Rs 3.45 lakh from the accused, taking the total recovery to Rs 67.93 lakh.

The operation was carried out by a team from Malmaruti police station under the guidance of senior police officers.

City Police Chief Bhushan Gulabrao Borase praised the team for solving the case.