Dacoits strike at house near Dharmasthala
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A bunch of 9 dacoits stormed right into a house near Southadka Mahaganapati Temple, which is near Dharmasthala, tied the house proprietor and stabbed his spouse earlier than making away with money and gold ornaments within the wee hours on Monday.
According to B.M. Laxmi Prasad, Superintendent of Police, Dakshina Kannada, the dacoits took away ₹1.5 lakh in money and 240 gm of gold ornaments at about 2.15 a.m. Geetha, the spouse of house proprietor Tukrappa Shetty, an agriculturist, has been admitted to a hospital for remedy.
When the canine within the house started to bark Mr. Shetty got here out to the balcony. Soon, the dacoits, who had been outdoors the entrance door, climbed the balcony and tied him to a chair. They started looking for valuables.
When Ms. Geetha too got here to the balcony, one of many gang members threatened to kill her and stabbed her within the stomach and on her hand and compelled her and her two youngsters to point out the property within the rooms on the primary flooring. They additionally searched the rooms on the bottom flooring earlier than fleeing.
Ms. Geetha, who was taken to a close-by hospital for remedy, was shifted to a hospital in Mangaluru later. The household is but to get well from the shock to provide the flip of occasions intimately, police stated.
The dacoits had masked their faces. While a few of them spoke in Kannada utilized in Hassan, others spoke in Tulu.
A particular police workforce has been shaped to arrest them, Mr. Prasad stated.
Southadka is on the highway which connects Dharmasthala with the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway at Periyashanthi.
