Udupi: 19-yr-old boy held for burgling his own relative’s house

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September 21, 2019

Udupi, Sept 21: A 19-year-old youth has been arrested by the sleuths of Kaup police station in Udupi district on charge of committing burglary in a relative’s house. Gold jewellery worth Rs 2,50,000 has been recovered by him.

The arrested is identified as Nishanth S Kumar, a resident of Polipu in Kaup. Police who found Nishanth roaming at Kaup bus stand area on Wednesday morning detained him in order to question about the burglary at a house in Shankarapura on September 11.

Shankar, a resident of Shankarapura and a relative of Nishanth, had complained to Kaup police that gold jewellery worth of Rs 4,80,000 was stolen from his house.

During interrogation Nishanth confessed to burgling the house belonging to Shankar and pledging a part of the gold jewellery at a local co-operative society.

Nishanth used to visit Shankar’s house regularly. On September 11, he had used a duplicate key to steal the gold jewellery kept in the almariah. Nishanth has been remanded in judicial custody till October 3.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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