Police return recovered stolen property to the owners at Nehru Maidan

Mangaluru: Property recovered by the police was handed back to the rightful owners through a property return parade, under the aegis of Police commissioner Sandeep Patil at Nehru Maidan in the city on Friday, April 26.

During the programme, property including jewellery, vehicles  that were stolen in various police station limits of the city, which were seized in the year 2018- 2019, were handed over to the rightful owners. The estimated value of the recovered property is worth Rs 3.72 crore.

Total properties worth of Rs 4,30,00,000 were stolen in 2018 of which, properties worth Rs 3,40,00,000 were seized. Total properties worth of Rs 65,00,000 were stolen in 2019 of which properties worth Rs 32,00,000 were seized.

Addressing the gathering Police commissioner Sandeep Patil said, “Today we are conducting property return parade after obtaining order from the court. We are distributing the properties to the rightful owners. Several cases have been registered in various police stations in the past one year and properties were lying in respective stations for several months. We are distributing the same through this parade in order to gain the confidence of people.”

“There is a problem of law and order in the city. At the same time, we should see how to take preventive measures to control crime in the city be it theft or any other offence. I also urge the public to install CCTV at the residences, it will be helpful to trace the culprit in case of theft or crime,” said Mr Patel and also appealed to the public to make use of social media platform which is a powerful tool. The public can complain through twitter account of Mangaluru city police, he added.

Thankful to the police department

One of the complainants at the occasion said, “Couple of months back, we had been to Chikkamagaluru to attend a family programme. On returning we found out that our jewellery worth Rs 6,30,000 was stolen. We were suspicious about our maid. When we complained to the police, the truth came to light during the police inquiry. It was our maid who had stolen our jewellery. We thank the police department for tracing and returning back our jewellery.”