Kerala police arrest infamous ‘Kuruva gang’ member from Tamil Nadu
Alappuzha , The Kerala police have arrested a member of the infamous ‘Kuruva gang’ from Tamil Nadu in reference to a collection of thefts in Mannancherry, close to right here, final 12 months, officers mentioned on Sunday.
The arrested particular person has been recognized as Kattupoochan, 56.
He was taken into custody from Ramanathapuram in Madurai district by Mannancherry police, in coordination with Tamil Nadu police, officers added.
Earlier, three different gang members, together with chief Santhosh Selvam, had been arrested for thefts in Alappuzha and Ernakulam districts.
In line with police, the gang specialised in burglaries and is understood for resorting to violence and even homicide if confronted.
Kattupoochan, a local of Ramanathapuram, had evaded arrest a number of occasions with native help, regardless of repeated efforts by Mannancherry police following Selvam’s arrest in November final 12 months, police mentioned.
He was recognized by way of video footage as an confederate in a number of thefts, together with an incident on November 12, 2024, when a home in Mannancherry was damaged into at 2 AM, and a 3.5-sovereign gold chain was snatched from a girl’s neck, police added.
One other housebreaking linked to him befell close to Komalapuram Spinners, the place a home’s kitchen door was pressured open, and valuables together with a nostril ring, ₹3,000 in money, and gold earrings had been stolen, police mentioned.
Police information point out that Kattupoochan has an extended historical past of felony actions, with instances registered in opposition to him in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, together with at Mararikulam, Punnapra, Pulinkunnu in Alappuzha district, and North Paravur, Vadakkekara in Ernakulam district.
Certainly one of his most heinous crimes occurred in 2013, when a five-member gang, together with Kattupoochan, broke right into a home close to the railway tracks in Mararikulam, right here, police mentioned.
They timed the break-in with a passing prepare to masks the noise, assaulted a younger girl—only a month into her marriage—alongside along with her mom utilizing iron rods, and looted their jewellery.
Kattupoochan was arrested and sentenced to 18 years of rigorous imprisonment for this crime. Nonetheless, in 2020, he was launched as a part of a COVID-19 amnesty programme for prisoners who had served three-fourths of their sentence, police added.
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