B’luru cops travel twice to TN, get NRI’s stolen passport, visa

B’luru cops travel twice to TN, get NRI’s stolen passport, visa

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Bengaluru: 08.08.2021 

City police undertook a double journey to Trichy in Tamil Nadu to trace the passport, visa and international driving licence of an NRI, visiting his hometown. They were stolen from the KSRTC bus terminal when Hasnar Sab Hosur, working in Dubai, was waiting for a bus. In their second attempt, police succeeded in finding his passport and visa thrown near a garbage heap in Ramjinagar, Trichy.

Hasnar, a cab driver in UAE, is all praise for city cops, as his return journey would have been impossible without the documents. Applying for a new set would have taken time, which could have put his job at risk, he added.

A special team from Upparpet police station travelled twice to Trichy: Once to recover the gold that was stolen from Hasnar and again, to find his passport. “Hasnar was in tears when we told him that we have recovered the gold but not passport and visa. He pleaded with us saying he cannot return to UAE. We decided to give another chance and formed a special team led by inspector CB Shivaswamy to find the missing documents. A daylong search in a big garbage heap yielded results,” deputy commissioner of police (west) Sanjeev Patil said.

TRICHY GANG STRIKES AT BUS STATION

Ravi, Damodaran and Rangan

Hasnar’s bag was stolen from the KSRTC bus terminal on the night of July 17. Hosur’s wife had arrived here from Sagar in Shivamogga district to accompany him.

Living in Dubai for the last 21 years, Hasnar visits his family once a year. “We were waiting for a bus at platform no. 5 at 10.30pm. I had kept the bag by my side and miscreants stole it when I was checking for the bus,” he said. It contained his passport, visa, driving licence, resident ID card of UAE, gold pendant of 12 grams and Rs 3,000. He lodged a complaint with Upparpet police who found seven men—Ramjinagar gang from Trichywere behind the robbery.

“We found the gang had travelled to Mandya, Srirangapatna and Mysuru, targeting other persons in bus and railway stations. We went to Mysuru in July and nabbed four prime accused. Four more are elusive,” police said.

Search in garbage heap

The accused told police Hasnar’s bag was taken to Ramjinagar by their associate the same night. Soon, a team left for Ramjinagar and returned with the gold pendant. “The accused had spent the cash and threw the remaining documents near a dumpyard,” an officer said.

Upparpet police contacted Hasnar and informed him about the gold. “But Hasnar Sab was more concerned about his documents. Realising their importance, we decided to give it another try and send the team again to Trichy,” Sanjeev Patil said.

The search was not easy for the inspector and his team. “The miscreants had forgotten the exact place where they had dumped the papers. After a search for almost a day, we traced them,” an officer said.

The arrested are Raju Naidu, 25, Ravi Kumar, 43, Damodaran, 35, and Rangan, 55, all residents of Trichy.