Bangalore, November 05: Central Crime Branch sleuths arrested five people and recovered stolen goods valued at Rs 15 lakh from them. Police said Nazir, Prakash, Rajesh Patil, Mohammed Ghouse, Mukaleshsur Rehaman were involved in more than 12 theft cases. The recovered articles included 1000 Kg Brass, 800 Kg copper, 200 kg machine tools stolen from Public Sector Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) and 5 kg copper mixed articles. Cases were registered against them at Harihar and Bharamasagar police stations. Police said four other members of the gang Manja, Nagaraj, Mayakanvan Muthu and Shek Moidin were absconding.
—–Agencies