Two held for stealing copper plates at Parashuram Theme Park

The Udupi constabulary arrested 2 persons from Mangaluru taluk successful transportation with the theft of copper sheets from the extortion of Parashuram Theme Park successful Karkala taluk of Udupi territory connected January 3.

The constabulary identified the accused arsenic Arif alias Munna, 37, from Kalavaru village, and Abdul Hameed, 32, from Kavoor village. They recovered 51 copper sheets valued astatine ₹45,000, 2 ceiling fans, an autorickshaw and a motorcycle. A hunt is nether mode for the different suspects.

On January 3, thieves broke into a closed gathering successful the taxable parkland and stole copper sheets from the roof. The gathering had been locked since September 2023. A erstwhile defender reported the theft to an authoritative astatine Udupi District Nirmiti Kendra, who filed a complaint.

Three teams were formed to hint the accused successful the theft, starring to V. Sunil Kumar, Karkala MLA, and section Congress leaders trading allegations against each other.

Arif (alias Munna) is accused successful implicit 9 transgression cases registered successful Padubidri, Udupi town, Brahmavar, Karkala Rural, Mulki and Moodbidri constabulary presumption limits. Hameed is accused successful 2 transgression cases registered successful Bajpe and Moodbidri constabulary stations. Police described the arrested persons arsenic habitual offenders. They attempted to merchantability stolen copper sheets astatine a scrap shop, the constabulary said.