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00:00In the afternoon, around 1.30 p.m., a group of four masked men entered the property of a bank branch.
00:15They were armed with pistols and swords.
00:20They looted around 18 kgs of gold and more than 10 lakhs of cash from the bank.
00:30The local police immediately received information from the bank.
00:37On that day, the CM of Andhra Pradesh was also in the city of Mangalore.
00:43All the officers were also there.
00:47Immediately, Ullal Inspector and C.P. Dhania were arrested.
00:53The case was registered at Ullal Police Station.
00:57Under various sections of DNS and Arms Act, the case was filed.
01:07As per media reporting, it was the second highest bank robbery in Karnataka.
01:21As we all know, there was a lot of pressure on us.
01:28That case needs to be detected.
01:31We do not have any information about the beginning of the case.
01:36Because on that day, there was only one pistol in the bank.
01:43It was under repair.
01:46We do not have any footage of that day.
01:52We accepted the challenge of this case.
01:56We appointed all the officers and officers.
02:00We started this case on our own.
02:03We formed a team of ACP Dhania Naik and ACP Manoj Naik.
02:12We formed a team of ACP Dhania Naik and ACP Manoj Naik.
02:16Initially, we got a car parked on the ground floor.
02:23We were going by the car.
02:29Initially, we got to know that the number plate used in the car was fake.
02:42Two of our staff worked very hard on the tolls and CCTV.
02:51Late at night, we got to know that a similar car had passed from Hejmali toll and Suratkal petrol bunk.
03:03We got to know that the same car had passed from Hejmali petrol bunk.
03:08We got to know that the same car had passed from Hejmali petrol bunk.
03:11At that time, we started to remove the number plate.
03:16We changed the number plate from the MH Registration to Karnataka Registration.
03:21We got to know that this car had come from Mumbai.
03:27Later, we changed the number plate of the same team.
03:30We went behind the number plate.
03:32We got to know that this car had come from Shirur Gate.
03:36We got to know that this car had come from Shirur Gate.
03:43Our team immediately travelled to Bombay.
03:50After travelling to Bombay, we found out certain details about Kani Manal and Murugan team.
04:02The teams worked very hard.
04:05Several teams were operating at several places at the same time.
04:10One team was in Mumbai.
04:14Three to four teams were in Tamil Nadu at different places based on their frequent movements.
04:23Two accused in this case, Talpadi Toll Mukhandra, escaped via Kerala to Tamil Nadu.
04:31Three accused, Bire Bire Ruth Mukhandra, escaped via train to Mumbai.
04:39They again tried to escape from Mumbai to Tamil Nadu.
04:44We were chasing them at the same time.
04:47Our first success was that our Crime Branch team could arrest one of the associates of A1 Murugan.
04:56He is Kani Mani Vanan.
05:00He was arrested from Thirunveli.
05:04We followed him for 24 hours.
05:10Finally, he was lifted.
05:13After his interrogation, we got further details about the main conspirator, Murugan.
05:19Again, several teams were deployed nearby Thirunveli.
05:25We watched him.
05:27We watched his movements.
05:29We saw that he was always moving.
05:31He was more important than the arrest of R.O.P.
05:37If you look at the history of the bank, many R.O.P.s are arrested, but not recovered.
05:47If we delay a little bit, these accused people dispose the gold somewhere else.
05:54It becomes very difficult for law enforcement agencies to recover.
05:58We wanted to arrest them as soon as possible.
06:02At the same time, we helped them recover.
06:06Without recovery, it would be injustice to the gold depositors.
06:11We watched them for more than 24 hours.
06:14Different movements.
06:16We took help of local police and informants.
06:21Finally, we operated early in the morning.
06:24We called Surat Kal Inspector Mahesh Prasad.
06:28We took him to his house.
06:30We informed him and his father.
06:33Initially, they did not cooperate with us.
06:36After the interrogation, we recovered a Fiat car.
06:47We recovered weapons and swords from the car.
06:54Again, the challenge came for the recovery of the gold.
06:58They gave us a small amount and tried to misguide us.
07:04But we were able to recover 2-3 suitcases.
07:08We recovered a small cheela, which contained 2 kgs of gold.
07:14It was a big breakthrough for us.
07:17After that, we started further investigation.
07:20We interrogated them further.
07:23We took all the earlier information.
07:25Where did they move the gold?
07:27Who was with them?
07:29Finally, we were able to recover a major part of the gold.
07:35From his family and house only.
07:38There was more than 14 kgs of gold in the suitcase.
07:42We were able to recover 18.3 kgs of gold in this process.
07:58We also recovered 11 lakhs of cash.
08:01We were able to recover 3,80,000 cash.
08:07In record time, without taking a single moment of rest,
08:16we were able to arrest the 3 main accused.
08:19We were able to recover the gold and cash in this process.
08:26For the record, I would like to tell you that
08:29in 4 days, or rather 3 days, our team travelled 2700 km.
08:35In all the directions, from Bombay to Tamil Nadu,
08:38and from Tamil Nadu back to Mangalore.
08:43And not only one team, multiple teams.
08:45At one point of time, 4-5 inspectors were on this job at a time,
08:50along with several other officers and staff.
08:54So, the credit goes to the entire team.
09:00As far as the planning goes about this case,
09:04this case was planned in 2016.
09:09The first day of the case, the acquaintance of the accused started.
09:14In Taloja jail in Taloja, Maharashtra,
09:17the main accused was Mrigandi.
09:19And the second accused was Manivannan.
09:24He was in jail.
09:25Another accused was released there.
09:27He is from North India.
09:29He was introduced there later.
09:31He was involved in a small crime.
09:33And 6 months back,
09:36one local person, whose name they have given is Shashi Thevar.
09:42We are still verifying his identity.
09:44Not yet established.
09:45We are still verifying his identity.
09:50He approached us and said that
09:53we need to give him a cooperative bank branch in our jurisdiction.
09:58We can easily get him there.
10:01The security system is very weak.
10:03So, his team formed and started.
10:08Shashi Thevar meets Mrigandi.
10:12Mrigandi met his very close friend Eshwar Rajendran.
10:16Eshwar Rajendran used to work as an electrician.
10:21He also worked in his house.
10:23Eshwar Rajendran and three other accused are included.
10:30They are primarily from North India.
10:33So, they are included in the conspiracy.
10:37In the last 6 months, Mrigandi comes by train.
10:47His first trek was in the month of August.
10:50He comes again in the month of October.
10:54He comes along with Eshwar Rajendran three times in the month of November.
10:59Shashi Thevar shows him the place.
11:01He travels in an auto.
11:03He shows him where to stop, how to exit.
11:07He discusses multiple exit points.
11:09He makes a sketch and leaves from there.
11:11In the month of November, they decide for the exit.
11:15The location and information provided by Shashi Thevar
11:20they choose the date Friday to be done.
11:23Any Friday.
11:24At that time, many people go for prayer.
11:28They get easy access and easy exit.
11:32So, they decide the date Friday.
11:37Finally, on the day of the offence,
11:41in a Fiat car from Mumbai,
11:44Mrigandi, Eshwar Rajendran, Kanan Mani and three other people come.
11:56In the car, four people come.
11:58In the train, two people come.
12:00They come and get together.
12:03They fix the timing for the final exhibition.
12:06They approach the bank at 12.26.
12:11They make another round.
12:13They park the car near the school.
12:15They wait for the prayer time.
12:17At around 1.10, they reach near the bank branch.
12:21Four people enter the bank.
12:24One person stays in the car.
12:26A1 stays in the car, Mrigandi.
12:29Mani stays near the ground floor and bank branch gate.
12:34So that any emergency, he can alert his four associates.
12:38Four people enter the car and leave.
12:41Later, as per the planned event,
12:44two people exit the car from Talpadi towards Kerala.
12:49These four people take the train from different directions.
12:53They go back to Maharashtra, primarily Mumbai.
12:58Finally, once they meet at one place,
13:03they share the loot property and dispose it in Mumbai.
13:07But before that only, Mangalore City Police tried.
13:10This is the entire story.
13:28So, as far as this case is concerned and investigation is concerned,
13:33it has no consequential value to this,
13:36whether who has given information, how it happened.
13:38When the case is cracked, so many factors play an important role in that.
13:42So, I would prefer not to answer this.
13:58Mr. Ravi, you are the Chief Inspector of the Bombay Police Department.
14:02Can you tell us a little about this case?
14:09See, first and foremost, when the police start an investigation,
14:13it is not that first time.
14:15Historically, there are many factors in the case.
14:20If only one part is aligned, then how the recovery would have taken place?
14:25The recovery took 70 hours of continuous interrogation
14:29and stay by our officers there and working day and night
14:33on that.
14:34So I don't want to discount that.
14:36Then arresting them from the different, different locations
14:40was the continuous hard work of our officers.
14:43No.
14:54Samo all one person escaped at the last moment.
14:57But we are our teams are on and three people
15:00are yet to be arrested.
15:01The person who started this process, Sasi Tewar, once we arrest him, then only further
15:15leads will be known.
15:20Three.
15:21And three men accused, Murugandi, his associate Yeshu Rajendran and Mani Vanan, in that process
15:29we have arrested Murugandi's father, Shanmugam also, because he was a harbourer and he hid
15:36loot proceeds and in that regard he has also been arrested.
15:42Four arrested.
15:43Four arrested.
15:44Three plus one.
15:45In my opinion, the main conspirators, Sasi Tewar and Shetty, four people have been arrested
15:50minimum.
15:51As per Murugandi, Sasi Tewar knows this area, he has shown this place, but exactly don't
16:01know from where they met him in Mumbai.
16:07Four more.
16:08Four more.
16:09Minimum four more.
16:10Because four more persons are yet to be arrested and then we are interrogating and hopefully
16:22that will also be recovered.
16:23We can't reveal the identity because it will hamper our investigation.
16:24Apart from Sasi Tewar, there are three, minimum three that you want.
16:25Out of which there are two non-Indians and another one is Indian.
16:41Let us keep it as it is.
16:47We are not asking for specific names.
16:52Areas or the region from which they are.
16:56Now, which area you want to dispute, Mumbai, Western India or Northern India?
17:02It is up to you.
17:05I can't leave it at that stage.
17:09No, when I am saying North India, then you want to further break, I can't help that.
17:15No, no, I am not asking you to break.
17:18Three out of North India.
17:20That's what I thought.
17:21Sir, why did you not put an armed guard at all?
17:25So, they say that after PIPM, we put armed guard during working hours.
17:29They haven't put.
17:30Now, after our review and all these things, they have started this process.
17:36And in this context, our officers have met everywhere.
17:40Now, we have a meeting at the COP office in Mangalore this week.
17:45So, in that too, we are stressing all the cooperative banks and bank branches
17:50that they should be on guard during all the shifts.
17:54CCTV coverage should be on guard.
17:56There should be an alarm system.
17:57Because all the three were missing in that bank branch at that time.
18:01So, they should be on guard.
18:0417 CMs should be on guard daily.
18:07No, I think they started long back only.
18:10I don't think the TP would have reached Murugandi.
18:14See, we can recommend and there is a quarterly meeting at the level of RBI in Bangalore
18:38where any lapses, all these things are put to the notice of banks.
18:43So, that we will do.
18:45Because every incident is an eye-opener.
18:48So, we will also hold a meeting at our level and give them permission.
18:52We will give them instructions.
18:54And if some bank and bank branches fail to comply,
18:58then we will send a letter to their relevant authorities.
19:02Your good name?
19:14Jitendra Sundeshwara.
19:15So, Jitendra, now you have 18 kgs in front of you.
19:19I cannot search that ungra.
19:21So, because more than 500 or 600 customers have gone to that property.
19:31And it has been 1,600 persons property over there.
19:36And that's too small, small.
19:37And our team arrived yesterday afternoon only.
19:40So, definitely, you can give that to them.
19:44So, it was a bank.
19:58First, when the bank gave us their screen,
20:01they told us that they have a property worth Rs. 12 crores.
20:05Then, now exactly,
20:07how much ungra, how much chinna,
20:09how much gram, all that,
20:12then they said that they need to measure exactly with each bank customer's statement.
20:18And they will need time.
20:19So, they took time.
20:21Initially, because around 10 kg gold was lying there,
20:24only total 29 kg gold was in the bank on that day.
20:2729 plus some gram.
20:2910 kg gold was not taken.
20:32So, they were not in position to give exact lekha at that time.
20:39And then again, during the Mahajan time,
20:45we wanted exact specification, exact value, everything.
20:49Then they took time because it was 1,600 customers.
20:52So, they wrote everything down and gave it to us.
20:55Again, they took two more days.
20:57So, every second Mahajan, third Mahajan, the figures change actually.
21:02And that's why we also were giving the value which they were giving to us.
21:14Okay.
21:15That I don't know why they did not take,
21:17but it was good fortune, right?
21:19Right.
21:20So, at least we were safe from that much attack.
21:23So, regarding criminal antecedents,
21:26Murugandi is a notorious offender.
21:30Even in 2016, in Mumbai, as per the media reports,
21:34we are still ascertaining from the jail and Mumbai police.
21:39They looted from a popular finance company and took 22 kg gold.
21:47And then another three cases of similar offence,
21:51arms act and dacoity are against him in different stations of Mumbai.
21:56So, the three offenders are notorious offenders.
22:21They have a past criminal history and back to the heinous cases.
22:27That's what I am saying.
22:29Sashi Thevar is his name.
22:31So, Sashi Thevar, once we arrest him,
22:34we will get information about this bank branch.
22:42We are still working on that.
22:51Then Shanmugam is the father of Murugandi.
22:54He gave shelter.
22:55He was hiding the loot property and was not cooperating also.
23:06So, a lot of teams were working on that.
23:20I cannot name each and everyone.
23:22A lot of people have worked.
23:24We have to separate that also.
23:26We don't have time for that.
23:28So, Sathesh has worked on that.
23:31And if I take name of one or two, it will be injustice to the rest.
23:34So, first, if I say,
23:38the PI, the person who carries the number plate.
23:44Okay.
23:45So, one Bheemappa is there who carries the number plate.
23:47And then the person who arrested Mani Vanan.
23:52Then the team who were able to recover the property.
23:56Initially, only 2 kgs were recovered.
23:59Later, they were interrogated again.
24:02And then another 14 kgs were recovered.
24:04The person who shot the responding accused.
24:08The inspector who received the injury on his head.
24:12Everyone has played an important role in this.
24:16Then there are many officers who have worked in the background.
24:19Because it was Tamil language.
24:21So, it was difficult for them to interrogate.
24:23So, many persons who knew Tamil,
24:25were interrogated and translated.
24:28And that too, it was happening in real time.
24:31So, many people can say many things.
24:36But the reality is that,
24:38in the shortest span of time,
24:41Mahindra City Police has not only arrested the main three people,
24:44but we have been able to recover the intact property.
24:47So, giving relief to 1,600 customers.
24:55Once we get the criminal case files of these people from Mumbai,
24:59we were able to establish them.
25:06Yesterday, they only brought them here.
25:08Because of the language barrier,
25:10they are interrogating them more slowly.
25:14Sir, did you have any interaction with the police?
25:20Multiple?
25:21States.
25:22So, we were in touch with the multiple states.
25:25Police, SPs and commissioners.
25:27We were continuously in touch with them.
25:30They deployed their staff to assist us.
25:33Mumbai, Tamil Nadu and many other places.
25:38They also gave their local staff to assist us.
25:42In fact, in one place in North India,
25:44where our team went,
25:45local staff were also given to us.
25:53We are talking to the bank to establish this.
25:57Because gold value fluctuates a lot.
25:59If you want me to give you the present value,
26:01it is more than 75 lakhs per kg.
26:05We need to see when it was pledged and how much it was valued.
26:12The other day, when Rajputs ran,
26:17were the other two accused also brought?
26:23No, no. They were there only at that time.
26:25Tamil Nadu.
26:26Only Rajputs?
26:27Yes, yes.
26:28Because he was the one who was arrested.
26:35So, some Tamil Nadu staff came with us.
26:38We sent them with us.
26:41Plus, local staff also assisted us.
26:53They are doing good.