Couple arrested for hijacking truck carrying tomatoes worth Rs 2.5 lakh

The Karnataka Police on Saturday arrested a couple from Tamil Nadu’s Vellore for allegedly hijacking a truck carrying tomatoes worth more Rs 2.5 lakh on July 8, reported PTI.

Bhaskar and his wife Sindhuja, along with their three associates had tried to rob a farmer driving the truck by accusing him of damaging their vehicle. However, after they realised that he did not have any money, they decided to hijack his truck carrying 2.5 tonnes of tomatoes.

They assaulted the farmer and pushed him out of the vehicle before driving away with the truck to Chennai, reported The Hindu. They sold the tomatoes in the market and shared the money. After selling the tomatoes, the accused persons escaped in another vehicle, which did not have a number plate, reported IANS.

Mallesh, the farmer from Hiriyur in Chitradurga district of Karnataka, had filed a police complaint, after which a special 20-member team was formed to track down the accused. The police team analysed over 200 CCTV camera footage to identify the couple. The police are on the lookout for their associates, identified as Rakesh, Kumar, and Mahesh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North division), Shivaprakash Devaraju told The Hindu.

In a similar case on July 4, a farmer in Karnataka’s Hassan district had alleged that...

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