Mangalore police arrests 2 Nepali thieves  

23.03.2010 : Mangalore police arrested two international thieves with regard to two separate cases of burglary, said Dr. A S Rao, the superintendent of police, during a press conference held in his office on March 23, Tuesday.  

The arrested are Ramesh Bikas Bhandari alias Ramesh Bhandari and Karan Khadga alias Kuithu of Nepal. Ramesh Bhandari was arrested on March 17 and Kuithu was arrested on March 22. The two confessed that they were involved in a number of burglaries. The police have also confiscated jewelry and a laptop worth Rs 4,403,100 from them.

The inspector of the Mangalore East Police Station headed the special investigation team that was created to investigate a burglary reported by Bharath Alva near Padav School, Mangalore. The thieves had escaped with valuables worth Rs 7 lakh from Mr. Alva’s house. Police investigations into this burglary led to the arrest of Ramesh Bhandari last week. Under interrogation, he revealed the names of three of his associates.  

On the basis of the information given by him, police nabbed Kuithu near Kandanady Circle. Kuithu confessed that he was not only involved in the burglary of Mr. Alva’s house, but had also masterminded the burglary Dr A B Shetty’s house and had escaped with valuables worth Rs 15 million. He also revealed the names of seven people in his gang, most of whom were also Nepalese.  

The SP told journalists that Kuithu had migrated to India many years ago and was living in Thokkottu for the past 10 years. He had also married Sita and received a vote ID by using fake documents.  

V Niranjan Aras, the inspector of Mangalore East Police; Raghav Padil; and many others conducted the investigation under the guidance of IGP Gopal Hosur, SP Subrahmanyeshwar Rao, and Additional SP Ramesh.