Alappuzha police nab two UP natives for theft

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The Punnapra Police on Tuesday arrested two Uttar Pradesh natives for breaking into a house and stealing gold ornaments. Ashish Kumar, 47, and his father Shobnath Gupta, 72, were arrested for the crime committed in November last year. Alappuzha north police station had also registered another theft case against Kumar.
Police said the duo broke into the house at Thookukulam near Punnapra and stole the woman's and her toddler's gold ornaments. Initially, it was believed that the infamous 'Kuruva' gang might have committed the crime.
Police said the father-son duo was living underneath the Metro pillar at Vyttila in Kochi. Punnapra SI Rejiraj told Onmanorama that the police arrested the accused when they came to the Alappuzha general hospital. "We will know more about the stolen ornaments only after further interrogation," he said.
The accused were charged under sections 305 of the BNS and section 331(4) for housebreaking and theft.
The accused were presented before the Ambalapuzha judicial first class magistrate court and remanded to Alappuzha sub-jail for 14 days.
Punnapra CI Stepto John, SI Rejiraj, ASI Anaz, senior civil police officer, Aboobacker Siddhik, and civil police officer Jinoop were part of the team that arrested the two.