Teen who stole gold chains & phoned detained in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: A teenager involved in snatching gold chains, mobile phones, and stealing two-wheelers has been detained, leading to the recovery of stolen property worth Rs 4.2 lakh and detection of 11 cases, police said.

A student staying in a PG accommodation in HBR Layout lodged a complaint on May 19, saying while she was walking along 18th Cross, a scooter-borne miscreant snatched her phone and sped away. Police traced the 17-yeard-old suspect to near KEB Junction in Nagawara on May 21 with a stolen scooter and mobile phone. The juvenile allegedly confessed he was involved in multiple two-wheeler thefts and phones. He had parked the stolen vehicles in a vacant plot near a playground in Chellikere. Police recovered four stolen two-wheelers, seven mobile phones and a nine-gram gold chain from there.