Special operation: Police nab inter-district cattle thief

Mangaluru: Acting on definite information, a special crime squad arrested a man wanted in connection with several cow theft cases. The arrested is identified as Basheer alias Arga Basheer, a resident of Thodar in Moodbidri and was nabbed on July 8.

The accused is a seasoned cow thief and though his accomplices were arrested, Basheer managed to evade arrest. He used to get anticipatory bail from the court and commit the same crime repeatedly. Basheer was driving the car which met with an accident recently at Mundaje of Beltangady in which five cattle were dead. Additionally, Basheer is the prime accused in the cow theft case from the house of Geetha, a resident of Naitangadi, Krishnapura in Surathkal of the city.

Cases have been booked against the accused at police stations at Kalasa of Chikkamagaluru district, Virajpet of Kodagu district, Venur and Dharmasthala, Surathkal, Moodbidri, Bajpe police station and Mangaluru city police station.

The special crime detection squad led by ACP Srinivas R Gowda arrested Basheer from Thodar near Moodbidri with assistance from the local police. The accused has been handed over to Dharmasthala police station for further action.