High flying thieves!

Thieves fly in to Kochi, burgle houses and fly back to Delhi!

Thieves fly in and fly out after burglary these days, in perhaps a worrying trend that may have escaped the attention of the Kerala Police so far.

The police on Monday stopped a three-member gang which arrived in Kochi from New Delhi on a flight in 21 Apr and carried out six thefts in various houses in four days. With an airline company confirming that one of the accused flew in to Kochi on 09 Feb, police suspect there could be similar robberies in the past too.

In the latest case, the thefts took place in Kadavanthra, Elamakkara, Palarivattom all within the Ernakulam North police station limits from 21 Apr to Sunday. The three-member team – natives of New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand – burgled two houses the day they landed, in proper business attire.

The arrested persons are Mintu Vishwas (47) of Rudrapur  district in Uttarakhand and currently living in JJ Colony, New Delhi, Harichandra (33) of Amroha district in UP and now residing at Samaypur, New Delhi and Chandrabhan (38) of Amrawati in UP. Police personnel from different stations were mobilized and special squads formed resulting in the arrest of the trio.

The police figured out the criminals’ travel pattern through the mobile tower location of the main accused. The following stolen goods were recovered from the trio :-

·         In total, 20 sovereigns of gold ornaments, Rs.70,000/-, $ 411, 2 wrist watches and four mobile phones.

·         A scooter.    

The gang broke into the houses during daytime. They zeroed in on houses locked from the outside and most of the affected were the office-goers. The police had got the breakthrough while checking the footage of a CCTV camera installed in one of the houses where the trio were spotted roaming near the house. They stayed in cheap lodges which they changed randomly.

Investigations revealed that the ‘team’ planned to return to New Delhi on Monday.

Courtesy. The NIE

My take.

The thieves have attained a high degree of sophistry.

 

Tailpiece. 

Got up at a half past 5, hearing Lekha’s sobs as she had acute pain on her left knee and the leg was rendered immobile. After providing infrared heat at the point of pain, applied a crepe bandage following a gentle massage. Consequently, she was able to carry out her morning chores and shift to the ground floor. Her doctor was contacted and he’d advised the administration of a single dose of a pain killer which saw the subsiding of the pain, around lunchtime.

Meanwhile, the BSNL guys had come by for the second stage of installation for the new optic fibre network. 

Sarin - now, don't get misled. He's a thoroughbred Mallu. Blames his parents for naming him so but he's a rather sweet fella - had come by around a half past 2 to set right the reception glitches of our DTH.