Archive · 21 Jan 2026
Man arrested after 20 years in Rs 4,000 theft case
A man named Babu Laxman Sankole was arrested after 20 years for stealing a car stereo worth Rs 4,000.
He had been hiding and moving around different places.
The police found him working as a sugarcane cutter in Latur.
The case was registered in 2006, and he was initially arrested but then disappeared.
The police recently tracked him down and arrested him again.
He will be in jail until January 27.
Babu Laxman Sankole, 41, was arrested for a theft case from 2006.
He had been evading arrest for nearly 20 years.
The theft involved a car stereo worth Rs 4,000.
Police found him working as a sugarcane cutter in Latur.
He was produced in court and remanded to judicial custody till January 27.
- Who
- Babu Laxman Sankole, a 41-year-old resident of Budhoda village, Ausa tehsil, Latur district
- What
- Arrested for a theft case involving a car stereo worth Rs 4,000
- When
- Arrested in January 2024, case registered on July 10, 2006
- Where
- Latur district, Maharashtra
- Why
- For evading arrest for nearly 20 years in a theft case
- Accused Name
- Babu Laxman Sankole
- Age
- 41
- Residence
- Budhoda village, Ausa tehsil, Latur district
- Case Registered
- July 10, 2006
- Case Location
- Shivajinagar Police Station, Latur
- Arrest Date
- January 2024
- Current Job
- Sugarcane cutter
- Theft Amount
- Rs 4,000
