PERNEM
A security guard from Assam has been arrested on charges of stealing cash and a mobile phone, all worth Rs 40,000 from a hotel in Arambol.
According to Pernem police, the hotel manager had lodged a complaint on December 17 stating that on December 15, the accused Manik Talukdar (28) of Korajhar-Assam, who was employed as a security guard at the hotel, had stolen cash of Rs 20,200 from two rooms, a mobile phone from the reception and cash of Rs 6,500 from the locker of the hotel, all worth Rs 40,000.
Acting on the complaint, police arrested the accused on Tuesday under Section 381 IPC and PSI Yogesh L Mandrekar is conducting further investigations in the case.
