Cattle theft racket busted in Davanagere

DAVANAGERE: Police nabbed three people allegedly involved in stealing several cows in different parts of the district on Wednesday. They recovered seven stolen cows along with a mini van used for the crime from trio.
At a press conference here on Wednesday evening, SP Hanumantharaya said a complaint was lodged on July 18 by one Manja Naik of Kaatihalli Tanda after two of his cows were stolen on July 17 midnight from the cattle shed.
In this connection, a special team headed by rural DSP Narasimha V Thamradwaja was formed. Accordingly, the team busted the racket involved in the crime.
The accused are 29-year-old Vinodraj, 24-year-old Praveen Naik, and 28-year-old Umesh Naik.
They confessed to have stolen the seven cows from Kaatihalli Tanda, Siddanuru, Laxmipura Tanda and Gudaalu in the last 20 days and were planning to sell them to Lokesh Naik of M L Tanda in Chikmagalur district.