A vehicle thief who had escaped from police custody was tracked down in a village near Cochin and arrested and brought back to Bhayander.
Officers from Bhayander police station proved that the arms of the law are very long. A vehicle thief who had escaped from police custody on January 29 was finally tracked down in a village near Cochin and arrested and brought back to Bhayander on Monday. Twenty-two year old Rupesh D'Mello, an alleged thief, cannot believe his luck. He managed to hoodwink the police and escaped from custody only to be tracked down by them within a week.
D'Mello was caught by the Manikpur police station at Thane rural on January 22 on charges of vehicle theft. Based on his interrogation, the police claimed to have solved several cases of vehicle thefts in Santa Cruz, Goregaon, Borivili and Bhayander. According to the police, at least 16 motorcycles, two auto rickshaws and two cars were recovered after his arrest. His capture was so crucial for the police force that the superintendent of police, Thane (Rural) Archana Tyagi even rewarded Rs10,000 to the cops who were responsible for D'Mello’s arrest.
On January 28, D'Mello was handed over to the Bhayander police for interrogation in another vehicle theft case. While in police lock-up, D'Mello pretended to have a terrible pain in his stomach on January 29. The constable on duty immediately opened the door of the lock-up to take him to the toilet.
On his way to the lock-up, D’Mello managed to deceive his escorts and ran away. Immediately, the Thane (Rural) police got into action and launched a massive manhunt.
As part of the manhunt, police started monitoring phone calls made by D’Mello’s relatives in Bhayander. D’Mello’s luck ran out when on February 4, he called his relative in Bhayander and the police traced his call to Retreat Divine Centre, a de-addiction centre situated in Chalakudi village, 22 kilometers from Cochin in Kerala. A team of police officers from Bhayander police station immediately went to Cochin and arrested him.
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