Mysore/Mysuru: A 28- year-old woman, who left her house on July 29 at about 11 am, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Seema Banu, wife of Riyaz Pasha. She is 5 ft. tall, oval faced, wheatish complexioned, normal built, has a mole on her nose, speaks Urdu and Kannada and was wearing a…
Home Nurse held for stealing gold bangles
July 21, 2021Four gold bangles worth Rs. 2.5 lakh recovered Mysore/Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police, based on a complaint, have arrested a woman Home Nurse on charges of stealing gold bangles from the house she was working and have recovered the stolen items from her. The arrested woman is 35-year-old Meenakshi of Bannimantap. Meenakshi was working at the house…
Rs. 3 lakh cash kept in scooter dicky stolen
May 9, 2021Cops arrest accused within 24 hours; one of the accused is victim’s friend Mysore/Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested two persons on charges of stealing Rs. 3 lakh cash kept in the dicky of a scooter and have recovered the cash besides seizing a two-wheeler used for the crime. The accused were arrested within 24 hours…
Two commit suicide
February 17, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Two persons committed suicide in city in the last two days. In the first incident, Pavan (26), son of Raghava and a resident of 5th Main, J.P. Nagar, ended his life by hanging self from a room of his house on Monday evening. Pavan, who was married, is said to have taken this extreme…
Home-alone women are their easy targets
February 3, 2021Three among dacoit gang arrested in city; three more absconding Mysore/Mysuru: Two members of the notorious dacoit gang who were arrested by the Vidyaranyapuram Police on Feb. 1 in Chamundipuram were part of a gang that not only threatened morning walkers but also robbed home alone women. Two members of the gang — 30-year-old Shiva…
Dacoits robbing morning walkers held
February 2, 2021Gang members changed 30 SIM cards to evade location tracking Mysore/Mysuru: The Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested two members of a notorious dacoit gang that had spread terror among morning walkers. While the kingpin is already in jail, three more gang members are absconding. They were giving the slip to Police since the last five months…
Microfinance recovery agent arrested for alleged sexual harassment
January 31, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested a recovery agent of a microfinance firm on charges of allegedly harassing a minor girl sexually in the guise loan recovery. The arrested is identified as Prasanna, an employee of a micro-finance firm in J.P. Nagar here. On Jan. 29, Prasanna, who had gone to a house to collect the…
Police patrolling vehicles too create awareness on pandemic
November 18, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have launched a unique campaign to create awareness about the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now using their patrolling vehicles to carry message of safety. The rear windshield of the three patrolling vehicles belonging to Vidyaranyapuram Police Station are now adorned with Corona Safety posters carrying messages such as ‘Say namaste instead of…
Eight arrested for indulging in cricket betting
October 2, 2020Rs. 9,810 cash, 8 mobile phones, 5 two-wheelers seized Mysore/Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested eight persons on charges of indulging in IPL Cricket betting by creating WhatsApp group and have seized Rs. 9,810 cash, eight mobile phones and five two-wheelers from them. The arrested are 21-year-old Guruprasad of Hanur in Chamarajanagar, 18-year-old Arun, 23-year-old Gajendra…
Provision store burgled at Vidyaranyapuram
July 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Burglars, who gained entry into a provision store by forcibly opening the rolling shutter of the shop, have decamped with Rs. 10,000 cash from the shop on Wednesday night. The burglary took place at Maruthi Provision Store of B.K. Ganesh located on Sewage Farm Road in Vidyaranyapuram. Ganesh, after closing his business for the…
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