Property worth Rs1.05 crore seized, 138 nabbed in Bangalore

Valuables, including 1kg gold, worth Rs1.05 crore were recovered and 138 arrested in various cases in the last three months, a top police official said today.The cases included the murder of a man by his sister over a property dispute, IGP central range Kamal Pant told reporters here.Stanislas Mary, Susheel Kumar, Philip Raj and Muniraja were were arrested for the murder of William Peter, brother of Mary.They have been remanded to judicial custody and a car and two motorbikes were recovered from them.Mary killed him with the help of her three associates last month and subsequently burnt his body. The partially burnt body was found near Avalahalli police station limits.One Kemepegowda was arrested for murdering his lover Arunamma, running a beauty parlour in Chikkaballapura, after coming to know of her wealth.In yet another case,three unlicenced SBML countrymade guns were seized from residence of one Krishnappa in Thammanayakanahalli. He had got these weapons manufactured for hunting purposes and sale.Police said during interrogation, he revealed that the guns had been illegally manufactured by Venkateshachari of Madappanahalli, Tumkur district. Further, he had also sold an unlicenced weapon to another person which he had got illegally manufactured by one Nanjachari, a resident of a village in Tamil Nadu.Subsequently, four others including Venkateshachari and Nanjachari were arrested in this connection and four unlicenced weapons recovered.In another case,a four-member gang was arrested and vehicles and gold ornaments worth 16 lakh seized from them. The gang is involved in a number of criminal cases.Two persons were arrested for murdering their friend, a catering contractor, as they were jealous of his flourishing business.