Colva: Luck ran out for 32-year-old Santosh Kattimani from Bijapur, who is otherwise deft at opening scooter tool boxes and decamping with cash and valuables.
Fatorda police nabbed him on Saturday while he was committing theft of a mobile phone from the tool box of a scooter parked near Jawaharlal Nehru international stadium.
The accused is alleged to have confessed of stealing Rs32,000 in cash from a scooter parked at Mapusa market on September 7.
The incident was recorded on CCTV camera.
Police constable Kaskerand who was patrolling the area noticed the accused fiddling with scooters parked near the stadium and kept watch. The constable observed the accused opening the tool box of a scooter and removing a mobile.
While at the police station, Seema Bansode filed a complaint at the Fatorda police station that the lock of tool box of her scooter had been cracked open and her mobile was stolen while she was on her regular exercise. After a body-search of the accused two mobile phones, one electric tester, one wallet containing an ATM and Aadhaar card were recovered.
During interrogation, the accused confessed to his crimes in other parts of Goa and was remanded to seven days police custody for further investigation.
