Gang of thieves busted; 3 held with gold worth Rs 8 lakh

STATE TIMES NEWS

JAMMU: In a major success Bishnah Police recovered gold ornaments worth 8 lakh rupees and arrested two thieves with one accomplice involved in theft in R S Pura in Jammu district.
Briefing media, SSP Jammu Shridhar Patil told that a gang of thieves was zeroed in, when an FIR No. 184/2020 under sections 457/380 IPC was registered at Police Station Bishnah after a complainant filed a written complaint with Police Station Bishnah about theft in his house.
“A special team lead by SHO Bishnah Tahir Yousaf supervised by SDPO RS Pura Shabir Khan took the digital evidences and collaborating with the human intelligence plotted the movement of some suspected persons around the scene of crime” SSP Patil added.
He further said that during the course of investigation, two persons were zeroed in and after conducting the raids at different places the team arrested Vijay Kumar, son of Kartar Chand, resident of Palawan; Sandeep Singh alias Seepu, son of Ashok Singh, resident of Palawala and a Jeweller Rakesh Verma, son of Sashi Pal, resident of Akhnoor.
When put to sustained questioning the trio accepted the crime. Sandeep and Vijay were involved in theft and after stealing the gold they went to Rakesh’s ornament shop and sold the Jewellery to him. It also came out during questioning from the accused that Rakesh was involved in some previous deals also with these thieves. On their disclosures, gold ornaments worth Rs 8 lakh were recovered.
The trio also disclosed that they were involved in some more thefts earlier also for which FIR Nos FIR No 41/17 under sections 457/380 RPC was lodged at Police Station Khour, FIR No 158/2017 under section 457/380 RPC lodged at Police Station Akhnoor and FIR 303/2020 under sections 457/380 IPC lodged at Police station Bari Brahmana District Samba.
Police is also looking for two more accomplice who were also hand in glove with this gang and one among them is a Jeweller. The operation was conducted under the supervision of SP Hqrs Jammu Aadil Hamid and SSP Jammu Shridhar Patil.