Fatorda police seen with the accused.
MARGAO: Fatorda police has caught red-handed an accused Santosh Kattimani, age 32, native of Bijapur-Karnataka while committing theft of a mobile phone from the dicky of a scooter which was parked near the stadium.
During his patrolling round near the Nehru stadium, Fatorda, intelligence staff Nilesh Kasker found the accused engaged in suspicious activity near the scooter and trying to open the dicky. The accused was nabbed by the police constable in the act and detained him.
An offense was registered upon the complaint of Seema Bansode, resident of Colmorod-Navelim who had come to the Jogging track and parked her scooter near stadium with her mobile safely locked in the dicky.
The police said they have recovered two mobile phones, one screw driver cum tester, one wallet containing an ATM card, a PAN card and an Aaadhar card.
He was also interrogated at Mapusa police station, on a complaint reported on September 7 wherein cash of Rs 32,000 was stolen from the dicky of a scooter. The accused has confessed about his involvement in crime registered at the Mapusa police station.
The accused has been remanded to seven days police custody. Further investigation is in progress.
