Thief held, stolen goods recovered

Excelsior Correspondent

RAJOURI, June 6: The police claimed to have worked out a case of theft, recovering stolen property and gold ornaments worth over Rs 10 lakh from the burglar.
An official spokesman said that on May 19, a written complaint was lodged by Mohd Sayeed, son of Mehrab- ud- Din regarding theft of gold ornaments and mobile phones by some unknown person from his rented appartment near bus stand, at Salani bridge of Rajouri.
In this regard FIR No 229 U/S 457/380 IPC registered at police Station Rajouri and investigation of case was taken up. The police team led by SHO Rajouri Mohammad Showket Chowdhary under the supervision of Deputy SP Headquarter Mudassir Hussain and Additional SP Rajouri Vivek Shekhar Sharma after working on various leads rounded up a suspect namely Zahir Shah, son of Ashiq Shah, resident of Koteranka who after sustained questioning confessed his involvement in the case. On his disclosure stolen mobile phones and gold ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh have been recovered.