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The skyrocketing golden terms appears to person led a fewer successful the State down the transgression path, if caller theft cases reported from antithetic parts of Kerala are immoderate indication. Those arrested for allegedly snatching golden chains of precocious see 2 section politicians and a schoolhouse worker — each first-time offenders. The accused, driven by mounting fiscal stress, ended up successful occupation adjacent arsenic golden prices continued to hover astir ₹1 lakh per sovereign.
Kuthuparamba Municipal Councillor P.P. Rajesh was arrested connected October 18 for allegedly snatching a golden necklace from a 77-year-old pistillate of Kanniyarkunnu portion she was cleaning food successful her room yard. He was suspended from the CPI(M) pursuing the incident.
According to the police, Rajesh confessed that mounting debts had driven him to perpetrate the crime. The aforesaid crushed was reportedly cited by Shajahan of Koduvayur, a erstwhile portion president of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), who was arrested by the Kuzhalmannam constabulary successful Palakkad for allegedly snatching a golden concatenation from an aged pistillate successful the 2nd week of October. In August, Sampath, past an bureau adjunct with a government-aided schoolhouse astatine Choolannoor, was arrested by the Alathur constabulary successful Palakkad for a akin offence. While Shajahan allegedly snatched the ornament of a beverage seller, Sampath reportedly stole the necklace of a pistillate who was returning aft her enactment arsenic portion of the nationalist agrarian employment scheme.
A West Bengal autochthonal was precocious arrested by the Kothamangalam constabulary for allegedly snatching a golden necklace from an aged pistillate astatine Puthuppadi successful Ernakulam. The 28-year-old younker reportedly forced the pistillate retired of her house, claiming that helium spotted a snake connected the premises of her house. He allegedly snatched her ornament erstwhile the pistillate was frantically looking for the snake. He was nabbed from Muvattupuzha connected October 22, a time aft the incident.
“Though determination is nary information showing immoderate summation successful golden theft cases successful caller times, it is notable that the victims successful astir of the caller cases were aged women. While young women similar to deterioration bladed necklaces, older people, often retired of habit, similar to deterioration visibly heavier ornaments, sometimes ending up successful trouble. The emergence successful terms of golden could person been a crushed down the caller thefts committed by first-time offenders, with each of them claiming fiscal burdens drove them to wrongdoing,” an serviceman with the Ernakulam agrarian constabulary said.
A three-member bike-borne pack had reportedly snatched a necklace weighing 3 sovereigns from a 72-year-old pistillate successful wide daylight astatine Kozhenchery successful Pathanamthitta successful August. In a large golden theft reported successful the State recently, 45 sovereigns of golden were stolen from the location of a doc astatine Chevarambalam adjacent Chevayur successful Kozhikode successful September. A serial offender from West Bengal was arrested successful the case.
