<p>The Puttur police have arrested a man on the charge of theft of a car, which was hired on rent, after 17 years of the incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to SP Ravikanthe Gowda, the arrested is B M Haneef, a native of Sullia was staying in a rented house at Koodige in Kushalnagar. Another accused Sudheer Prabhu is still at large. It is said that Haneef along with Prabhu had taken a car belonging to Jayanth of Mangaluru on March 8, 2001, and travelled to Sakleshpur and Hassan in the guise of timber merchants.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After travelling to different places in Hassan district, the duo asked the driver to park the car in front of a tourist home at Puttur on March 12, 2001. Later, they stole the car when the driver was away.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following the incident, a case was registered at Puttur town police station.</p>
<p>The Puttur police have arrested a man on the charge of theft of a car, which was hired on rent, after 17 years of the incident.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to SP Ravikanthe Gowda, the arrested is B M Haneef, a native of Sullia was staying in a rented house at Koodige in Kushalnagar. Another accused Sudheer Prabhu is still at large. It is said that Haneef along with Prabhu had taken a car belonging to Jayanth of Mangaluru on March 8, 2001, and travelled to Sakleshpur and Hassan in the guise of timber merchants.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After travelling to different places in Hassan district, the duo asked the driver to park the car in front of a tourist home at Puttur on March 12, 2001. Later, they stole the car when the driver was away.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Following the incident, a case was registered at Puttur town police station.</p>