BENGALURU: Tumakuru police, who arrested a Bengaluru-based choreographer for snatching a gold chain from a woman, took note of his skills in coming up with slithery moves on the dance floor and handcuffed him. They, however, did not bargain for him sliding his hands out of the handcuffs and escaping from the police station.
The incident took place at Gubbi Town police station, Tumakuru district, early Friday morning.A hunt has been launched for the suspect, Syed Ali Balasaheb Nadaf alias Harshavardhan, hailing from Gadag and living in JP Nagar, Bengaluru.
On Thursday, police arrested him on charges of robbing a 50-year-old woman of her gold chain on Jan 11. According to a senior police officer, Nadaf was brought to the police station in the evening. “He wasn’t lodged in the lock-up because a snake had sneaked into it recently and we didn’t want to take the risk. Since he was handcuffed, we weren’t worried about him escaping. He was kept in a room on the first floor of the station and a police constable was deployed to guard him. The station house officer (SHO) and two more police constables were on the ground floor,” he said.
However, Nadaf succeeded in sliding his hands out of the handcuffs and silently fleeing from the station at 4.30am. The constable guarding him was dozing, while the SHO and others were working in the record room, claimed the senior cop.
The matter came to light when the constable deployed to guard him went inside the room and saw the handcuffs lying on the floor. “Immediately, he alerted the SHO, who passed the message to the Tumakuru police control room. Officials in the control room flashed wireless messages to all police stations in the district,” a source said.
The man and the case
According to sources, Nadaf was a dance choreographer in his hometown of Hullur in Gadag district, north Karnataka. “According to his family members, Nadaf was in the red after suffering losses in the choreography business. Then he shifted to Bengaluru and joined a friend, who was into the same business. They lived in JP Nagar. Whether Nadaf ran choreography classes in Bengaluru also, we are yet to verify,” a senior police officer said.
According to police records, Nadaf and his associate had snatched a 35-gram gold chain from a woman in Gubbi on Jan 11 evening. Riding on a Bullet and wearing full-face helmets, the two men visited the tea shop of the victim, G Lakshmamma, near Gante Basava temple. “The two had come to my shop and spent around 30 minutes. They purchased cigarettes and drank tea. One of them came near me asking about the bill. When I was about to answer him, he snatched my gold chain and they sped away,” Lakshmamma’s complaint read. Investigation revealed that one of the suspects was Nadaf. His accomplice is still at large.
The incident took place at Gubbi Town police station, Tumakuru district, early Friday morning.A hunt has been launched for the suspect, Syed Ali Balasaheb Nadaf alias Harshavardhan, hailing from Gadag and living in JP Nagar, Bengaluru.
On Thursday, police arrested him on charges of robbing a 50-year-old woman of her gold chain on Jan 11. According to a senior police officer, Nadaf was brought to the police station in the evening. “He wasn’t lodged in the lock-up because a snake had sneaked into it recently and we didn’t want to take the risk. Since he was handcuffed, we weren’t worried about him escaping. He was kept in a room on the first floor of the station and a police constable was deployed to guard him. The station house officer (SHO) and two more police constables were on the ground floor,” he said.
However, Nadaf succeeded in sliding his hands out of the handcuffs and silently fleeing from the station at 4.30am. The constable guarding him was dozing, while the SHO and others were working in the record room, claimed the senior cop.
The matter came to light when the constable deployed to guard him went inside the room and saw the handcuffs lying on the floor. “Immediately, he alerted the SHO, who passed the message to the Tumakuru police control room. Officials in the control room flashed wireless messages to all police stations in the district,” a source said.
The man and the case
According to sources, Nadaf was a dance choreographer in his hometown of Hullur in Gadag district, north Karnataka. “According to his family members, Nadaf was in the red after suffering losses in the choreography business. Then he shifted to Bengaluru and joined a friend, who was into the same business. They lived in JP Nagar. Whether Nadaf ran choreography classes in Bengaluru also, we are yet to verify,” a senior police officer said.
According to police records, Nadaf and his associate had snatched a 35-gram gold chain from a woman in Gubbi on Jan 11 evening. Riding on a Bullet and wearing full-face helmets, the two men visited the tea shop of the victim, G Lakshmamma, near Gante Basava temple. “The two had come to my shop and spent around 30 minutes. They purchased cigarettes and drank tea. One of them came near me asking about the bill. When I was about to answer him, he snatched my gold chain and they sped away,” Lakshmamma’s complaint read. Investigation revealed that one of the suspects was Nadaf. His accomplice is still at large.