The police have arrested four chain-snatchers, two bike lifters and a burglar in different cases and recovered stolen property worth, in all, ₹24.97 lakh.Police Commissioner S.D. Sharanappa, addressing a press conference here on Thursday, said that the arrests were the result of coordinated investigation carried out by special police teams constituted to crack a series of thefts and robberies reported across the city recently.The teams were formed under the guidance of Assistant Commissioners of Police Praveen Nayak and Sharanabasappa Subedar. They were led by Inspectors of Station Bazaar, Chowk, R.G. Nagar and M.B. Nagar police stations.Chain-snatchingGiving details of the chain-snatching case, the Police Commissioner said that a complaint was lodged by Basamma Dyage, who is a house-keeping staff from Pragati Colony, stating that unidentified men snatched a 10 gram gold chain from her neck while she was walking on the road.Acting on the complaint, an M.B. Nagar Police team examined local leads and technical inputs which eventually led to the identification and arrest of four accused identified as Abbu Shaikh of Umar Colony, Majid of Bilal Bagh Colony, Shaikh Hussain of Sonia Gandhi Colony and Mohammed Arif of Millat Nagar.The police recovered stolen property worth ₹6.11 lakh, including a mangalsutra valued at ₹1.50 lakh. They also seized three motorcycles and a vanity bag from them.BurglaryIn the burglary case reported in Mahalakshmi Layout, a complaint was registered by victim Shailaja at R.G. Nagar Police Station.The police arrested the accused Suresh (also known as Gangaram Chavhan), a resident of Maindargi village, who had broken open the lock of her house and stolen 45 grams of gold ornaments worth ₹6.75 lakh while she was visiting her native place.Bike theftThe police succeeded in cracking two bike theft cases registered within the limits of Chowk and Station Bazaar police stations.In the case registered at Chowk Police Station, the police arrested Shaikh Nissar Ahmed and recovered eight stolen motorcycles worth ₹3.90 lakh from him, the Police Commissioner said.In the other case registered at Station Bazaar Police Station, the police apprehended Ramachandra Hosamani, a resident of Korur village in Kalagi taluk, and recovered 14 stolen motorcycles worth ₹8.20 lakh from him, he added.Published - March 05, 2026 08:31 pm IST