Man who stole pipes, bananas from MLA's house nabbed

Mail This Article
Thiruvananthapuram: One person was arrested by the Police today in connection with the theft that took place at the family house of I B Sathish MLA at Kottampally, Kattakkada in Thiruvananthapuram district. Kokku Shaji, 40, Rodarikathu house, Kandankulangara, Kottampally, Thiruvananthapuram district was the arrested person, according to the police.
The house, ‘Aswathi,’ was found broken open on Thursday morning by Mohanan, the caretaker who arrived in the morning. The lock in the iron grill in front of the house was found broken open. The wash basin in the hall was found pushed down and shattered. Though there were signs of the wardrobes and bags being searched, no valuables were found lost. The taps in the toilet were found removed. No one was living in the house recently. The MLA only used to make occasional visits to the locked up house.
The taps in the toilet outside the house was found broken down with stones, after which the taps were stolen. It is alleged that Shaji had stolen seven bunches of banana from the land belonging to the MLA’s relative on Tuesday. The relative’s house was also found broken open, but nothing was lost and a police complaint was filed on Tuesday.
The police nabbed Shaji following several leads including reports of him having sold banana bunches at a local shop in Kattakkada for Rs 500 and of the police dog running to his house. His background also helped the police zero in on the accused. Shaji was arrested by the police from the locality of his residence in an inebriated condition.
The police team was led by P Ashok Kumar IPS, District Police Chief, Thiruvananthapuram Rural and Nedumangand DySP D Asokan.