Resourceful Alappuzha Police Capture Fleeing Thief Protected by Vicious Dogs

The Alappuzha police had quite a harrowing encounter with a thief, Anil Prasad, who had been on the run for 12 years. A team from Alappuzha North Police Station, under the leadership of Inspector Rajesh M K, had traced Anil to a rented house in Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram, following a tip-off. However, their mission took an unexpected turn when Anil unleashed four ferocious dogs, including a Pit bull and a Rottweiler, as they approached the property.

“We managed to trace the house after showing his photo to the local residents. As our police party was about to open the gate, he suddenly unleashed four ferocious dogs. We had to retreat and shut the gate quickly as the dogs came hunting for us,” revealed a senior police officer who was part of the team. The situation worsened as dusk fell, and the dogs continued to stand guard over the accused.

To apprehend Anil, the police had to devise a clever plan. “He was watching us from a distance. We pretended to retreat. There was not much streetlight in the locality, so we crawled to the back of the house and hid near the compound wall. In the meantime, we managed to find a local person whom the accused was close to. We remained in the same position for one-and-a-half hours and asked the person to call the accused,” the officer said.

Anil, believing the police had left, ventured out of the gate, only to be swiftly captured by the waiting officers. He was subsequently brought to Alappuzha and presented before a court, which remanded him to judicial custody. It’s worth noting that the accused had seven warrants in Alappuzha South Police and was also wanted by the Excise Department in a narcotics-related case.

This incident is a reminder of a similar encounter involving a suspected drug dealer, Robin George, in Kottayam. Robin had trained ferocious dogs to attack anyone in khaki. When a police party arrived at his rented house, he set the dogs loose and managed to escape. Eventually, the police enlisted the help of dog trainers from the Police Dog Squad (K-9 Squad) to subdue the canines and recover two bags of ganja during a subsequent search. They successfully apprehended him in Tamil Nadu.