Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Nov 23: In a major success, the Police in Rajouri district have busted a gang of thieves active in Sunderbani area and recovered stolen property worth lakhs of rupees from their possession.
Senior Superintendent of Police Rajouri, Yougal Manhas while addressing a press conference here today said that a case was registered in Sunderbani Police Station on Nov 17, in which a woman working in Health Department complained about theft in her house in ward 10 of the town in which gold ornaments worth lakhs were found missing.
A case in FIR No. 102/2019 under relevant Sections of law was registered and a special investigation team headed by SDPO Nowshera, Brijesh Sharma and SHO Sunderbani Naveen Angral under the supervision of Additional SP Nowshera Girdhari Lal Sharma was constituted which started investigation of the case and rounded up a number of suspects.
SSP Rajouri said that during questioning, a suspect namely Raja, son of Tallu, resident of Kangri, at present Sunderbani, confessed his involvement in the case and also divulged names of two more accused who have been identified as Vinod Mehra, son of Ashok Kumar and Rajinder Mehra, son of Munshi Ram, both residents of Laman, Sunderbani. He said all the three accused were then interrogated by Special Investigation Team and three separate cases of thefts have been solved on their disclosure.
He added that in case FIR No 102/2019 that was registered on the complaint of a woman working in Health Department, four gold bangles, one Mangalsutar (neck chain), one pair of ear ring and one nose pin have been recovered.
Besides, in case FIR 30/2019 of Sunderbani Police Station, one Mangalsutar (neck chain), one gents finger ring, one ladies finger ring, one forehead ornament (Tikka) and one nose ornament (Naath) have been recovered from accused Raja.
Similarly, in case FIR No 75/2019 of Sunderbani Police Station, two gold bangles, two pairs of silver foot chains, two gold Murkis and two silver coins have been recovered from accused Vinod Mehra and Rajinder Mehra.
Manhas said that total value of ornaments recovered from the accused in all three cases is about Rs 8 lakhs.
He further said that during investigation, two juveniles (name withheld) have also been found involved in the crime of thefts who shall be produced before the competent court designated under juvenile justice act and legal process has been initiated against duo. He said that the modus operandi of the gang was to target those houses which remain locked during day times as both husband- wife are Government employees or involved in business which requires them to remain out of their house and the children remain in schools.
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