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Medico accused of torching 20 luxury cars lands behind bars

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arrest handcuffsBelagavi: The Belagavi police arrested a 37-year-old man accused of torching nearly 20 luxury cars over the last four days.

Notably, the accused, Amit Vijaykumar, a native of Kalaburgi happens to be a well-educated person with a medical degree to his credit, and is employed as a pathologist at the Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences.

On Wednesday, a watchman posted at an apartment in Vishweshwara Nagar of the city confronted Amit when he was seen wandering suspiciously around a parked luxury car here. Amit claimed to be visiting a Mr Nayak in the apartment at a time when there was no one present there. Since the watchman had noticed him carrying some inflammable substance he immediately notified the police.

As per the police Amit, who is said to have mental issues confessed to having torched the cars by using camphor among other substances upon questioning.

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