CHIKKABALLAPUR: Two engineering students who had turned to theft by breaking into houses for show-off, were arrested by Chikkaballapur police. The arrested are Chetan and Abhishek. They are studying aerospace engineering at a prestigious engineering college in Bengaluru.

Chetan is a resident of Chamarajapete in Chikkaballapur town while Abhishek is originally from Mandya district. Since they were studying in the same college, they became friends. Both had a habit of showing off in college, but they had no money so they planned to rob houses near Chetan’s house in Chikkaballapura.

They broke into the houses of a teacher, Vinutha, and Shanthamma in Chamarajapet, stole cash and gold jewellery worth lakhs of rupees, and enjoyed themselves.

Chetan and Abhishek first broke into Vinutha’s hous

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