A 19-year-old contractual employee with Madhya Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company at Parwalia was arrested by Parwalia police on the charge of burglary. A sum of Rs2.02 lakh in cash that was burgled two days ago, was recovered from his possession.
According to the police, on Sunday at around 11 am when the employees of Madhya Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company at Parwalia opened the office, they found that the lock of the cash box was broken and the cash was missing. A complaint was lodged with the police and after the preliminary investigation, the police registered case under sections 457 and 380 of the IPC.
During the investigation, when the police reached the spot and investigated a contractual employee Nand Kishore Kuswaha was found repairing his pliers. later in the investigation, the suspect was interrogated during which he confessed to have committed the crime.
The accused along with his father used to work as contractual employee for the company. The accused was aware that good amount of money was at the office, which was not deposited on Saturday. Police said that on Saturday, the collections from bills and pending dues were deposited till 12 noon, but the collection after the 12 was kept in the cash box at the office and the accused was aware of the fact.
It would be investigated that the offender’s father was involved in the burglary or not. In the investigation, it was found that the tools used in the repair work by the accused were used in the burglary.