Belagavi: A burglar 34. with more than cases An 11-year-old girl was kidnapped and stole two mobile phones from a house on Monday in Manjariwadi village of Chikkodi taluk, pending with several police stations against her.
Police have traced the girl and rescued her and arrested the accused Anil Lambugol.
Anil entered the house through the back door at around 1 am when all the women including the girl were sleeping soundly.
Hearing the noise, the girl’s mother woke up and saw Anil stealing the mobile. She immediately went to the neighbor’s house for help. But Anil lifted the girl on his shoulders and ran away.
His mother, two aunts and neighbors followed him but could not catch him.
Anil is from the same village and Theft A police officer probing the matter said police stations in Chikkodi, Nippani, Raibagh, Athani and others are investigating the matter.
Police has registered to kidnap After registering a case at Ankali police station, Anil was arrested in the afternoon. A senior police officer said investigation is on to find out why he took the girl away.
The girl’s mother Rajeshwari (name changed) said the villagers knew that Anil had stolen from several houses over the years.
“He is a repeat offender and unfortunately, he got bail. He has been stealing gas stoves, gas cylinders, cash, gold and other valuables. For some time he was in jail and the village slept peacefully. “While we were in deep sleep, he entered our house. My two sisters and daughter live in the house. He knew we were insecure. When he came in, I got up and knocked on my neighbor’s door to catch him. At that time he had left the house with my daughter. We never thought he would do that,” she said.
A police officer said that this is the first time that Anil had kidnapped someone. He is a well known thief in Chikkodi and recently came out of Hukkeri sub-jail.
Police have traced the girl and rescued her and arrested the accused Anil Lambugol.
Anil entered the house through the back door at around 1 am when all the women including the girl were sleeping soundly.
Hearing the noise, the girl’s mother woke up and saw Anil stealing the mobile. She immediately went to the neighbor’s house for help. But Anil lifted the girl on his shoulders and ran away.
His mother, two aunts and neighbors followed him but could not catch him.
Anil is from the same village and Theft A police officer probing the matter said police stations in Chikkodi, Nippani, Raibagh, Athani and others are investigating the matter.
Police has registered to kidnap After registering a case at Ankali police station, Anil was arrested in the afternoon. A senior police officer said investigation is on to find out why he took the girl away.
The girl’s mother Rajeshwari (name changed) said the villagers knew that Anil had stolen from several houses over the years.
“He is a repeat offender and unfortunately, he got bail. He has been stealing gas stoves, gas cylinders, cash, gold and other valuables. For some time he was in jail and the village slept peacefully. “While we were in deep sleep, he entered our house. My two sisters and daughter live in the house. He knew we were insecure. When he came in, I got up and knocked on my neighbor’s door to catch him. At that time he had left the house with my daughter. We never thought he would do that,” she said.
A police officer said that this is the first time that Anil had kidnapped someone. He is a well known thief in Chikkodi and recently came out of Hukkeri sub-jail.