BENGALURU: Talk about the hunter becoming the hunted — twice over. A thief returning from a break-in was robbed of his loot of cash and gold by four youths beside a cemetery. He refused to leave empty-handed and committed two more burglaries to "fix" his luck before police nabbed all five. The chain of events began on Nov 22 when Ishay Raj, 30, a habitual offender from Amrutahalli, broke into a locked house in Mandur, northeast Bengaluru, and escaped with 330 grams of gold and Rs 25,000. He arrived on a stolen scooter, parking it near a cemetery before slipping inside the house. When Raj returned with the haul, four youths confronted him, demanding to know what he was doing there. They searched him, found the gold and cash, and Raj allegedly admitted to the theft. The youths took ever

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