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Two interstate offenders progressive successful a bid of mobile telephone thefts person been arrested by the Whitefield police. The constabulary besides recovered 14 stolen mobile phones worthy astir ₹9 lakh from the offenders’ possession.
The lawsuit was registered connected January 24, 2026, pursuing a ailment by a Mahadevapura resident. The complainant stated that connected January 23 astatine astir 9.25 p.m., helium boarded a BMTC autobus from Brigade Innovation Zone to Whitefield. By the clip the autobus reached Hope Farm Signal astatine astir 10 p.m., helium realised that his iPhone 15 Plus, kept successful his pocket, had been stolen.
Acting swiftly, constabulary launched a multi-angle probe and apprehended 2 suspects wrong an hr of registering the lawsuit adjacent a lodge connected Hosur Road wrong the presumption limits. The accused were recovered carrying a container containing aggregate stolen mobile phones.
During interrogation, the duo allegedly confessed to stealing phones from passengers travelling successful BMTC buses. They besides admitted to committing thefts during a unrecorded euphony performance held connected January 23 wrong the limits of the Channarayapatna Police Station.
The constabulary said a full of 14 mobile phones of assorted brands, valued astatine ₹9 lakh, were seized. On January 25, some accused were produced earlier a tribunal and remanded to judicial custody.
With these arrests, 1 lawsuit registered astatine Whitefield Police Station and 13 cases astatine Channarayapatna Police Station — a full of 14 mobile theft cases — person been detected.
However, a 3rd accused, believed to beryllium portion of the aforesaid gang, is absconding and is reportedly hiding successful New Delhi. The accused are said to beryllium natives of New Delhi and would alert down to Karnataka to people ample gatherings specified arsenic euphony concerts and crowded nationalist transport earlier returning.
One of the victims, a 29-year-old YouTuber who had gone to screen the performance on with a person and mislaid his iPhone successful the incident, claimed that his stolen telephone is inactive progressive successful Delhi. He said helium attempted to hint the instrumentality utilizing Google Maps and Street View successful a bid to retrieve his data, arsenic the telephone remains locked.
The unfortunate further alleged that helium approached the Shahdara Police Station, Delhi, on with officers from Whitefield and Channarayapatna constabulary stations and shared details of the accused, but nary factual enactment has been taken truthful far. “The constabulary tin easy way them down utilizing question past and method data, but nary 1 is acceptable to instrumentality the initiative,” the unfortunate rued.
Further probe is nether mode to hint and apprehension the absconding accused.
