Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 23: Police arrested two accused persons involved in a burglary at Jamia Masjid, Logripora-Sopore.
A police spokesman said that on March 18, Police Station Bomai, received a complaint that unknown burglars have stolen gas cylinders, electric transformers and other items from Jamia Masjid-Logripora, Sopore. On this police registered case FIR No 21/2013 under Section 457, 380 RPC at Police Station Bomai and investigation was taken up.
“During the course of investigation two persons namely Irfan Ahmad alias Pina Dar and Latief Ahmad Dar both residents of Lathishat, Sopore were nabbed by police and during interrogation confessed to have committed the burglary. On their instance and identification the stolen property of mosque was recovered which include five gas cylinders, two electric transformers of 10 KV and 02 KV specifications, handy gas and other utensils etc. Both the accused are on police remand and their involvement in other burglaries is being probed,” said the spokesman.
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