Udupi (Karnataka), Oct 12 Two men were arrested in connection with the robbery of a 30-gram gold chain from a 74-year-old woman, Udupi City Police said on Monday.
The accused have been identified as Vadiraj Ganiga (44) of Nittur and Sachin (30) of Padu village, Kaup taluk, they said.
According to police, the incident occurred on October 7, 2026, when the two suspects approached the victim, Shantha Karanth, under the guise of gathering SIR information. Once inside the house, they pushed the elderly woman to the ground, forcibly snatched her gold chain worth approximately Rs 4 lakh, and fled.
Following a complaint lodged at the Udupi City Police Station, a special team was formed under the direction of Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar, Additional SP Sudhakar Nayak, and DySP Belliyappa, led by Inspector Mahesh Prasad P.
Acting on a tip-off, police apprehended the suspects near Manipal Mannapalla on October 10. During interrogation, the accused confessed to the crime and revealed that they had pawned the stolen chain at the Industrial Credit Cooperative Society in Manipal.
According to the Superintendent of Police Udupi district, Hariram Shankar, police recovered a 34-gram gold chain valued at Rs 4.50 lakh, an electric scooter used in the crime valued at Rs 90,000, and two mobile phones worth Rs 13,000, bringing the total value of recovered assets to Rs 5.53 lakh.
Investigators revealed that the primary accused is a neighbour of the victim.
The accused were produced before a court on October 10 and remanded to 14 days of judicial custody.
(PTI News)
