# Five held for stealing Rs 80 lakh cutting tools in Doddaballapur 2026-08-16T22:21:21+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Police in Doddaballapur have arrested five people for allegedly stealing cutting tools worth Rs 80 lakh from YG Cutting Tools Corporation Pvt Ltd over the last three or four years. The suspects, identified as Somashekar, Chandra Shekhar, Dhanush, Nagabhushan, and Harish, worked at the company in various roles, including as godown in-charge, and had quit before the theft was discovered. The theft came to light during an internal audit, following which the company filed a complaint on March 6. Police said the tools were stolen on different days to avoid suspicion and later sold. Officials have recovered the stolen cutting tools. ## Coverage - deccanherald.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Bengaluru, Doddaballapur, YG Cutting Tools Corporation Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/five-held-for-stealing-rs-80-lakh-cutting-tools-in-doddaballapur/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/five-held-for-stealing-rs-80-lakh-cutting-tools-in-doddaballapur/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/