Person accused of stealing ornaments from woman’s dead body held in Udupi
A man has been arrested for allegedly stealing ornaments from the body of a deceased woman in Udupi. The accused, identified as Hemanth, was apprehended shortly after a complaint was filed regarding the missing jewelry. Police recovered several stolen items, including a gold ring and necklace, from him.
- ▪The accused is a 40-year-old resident of Kollur village.
- ▪The victim, Jyoti Venugopal, died in a road accident on May 17.
- ▪The theft was discovered when the family received the body after postmortem on May 18.
- ▪CCTV footage and technical evidence led to the arrest of Hemanth within 24 hours of the complaint.
- ▪Hemanth has been remanded in 15 days of judicial custody.
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The Kollur police recovered the ornaments he had allegedly stolen from the woman, who died in an accident in Kollur | Photo Credit: special arrangement The Kollur police in Udupi district have arrested a person on the charge of stealing ornaments from the body of a 46-year-old Kerala woman who died in a road accident in Kollur on May 17.The police identified the accused as Hemanth, 40, a resident of Kollur village in Byndoor taluk of Udupi district. The police recovered a gold ring worth ₹57,000, a gold bangle worth ₹50,000, and a necklace worth ₹1 lakh from the accused.In a complaint registered on May 23, Sri Kumar said his relative Jyoti Venugopal, 46, of Kerala, died in a road accident in Dali near Kollur. Her body was sent to Kundapur Government Hospital.
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