Kamla Nagar police nabbed two miscreants involved in burgling of a crown from a temple at Income Tax colony on October 28, 2016 and have recovered the valuable; two Hoshangabad based jewelers who disposed the crown were also arrested, said the police.
ccording to the police during the investigation acting on a tip off on Saturday a youth was nabbed from Nehru Nagar area and when he questioned regarding the burglary he confessed that he along with his accomplice of Hoshangabad have burgled the crown.
The nabbed accused was identified as Randhir Singh while based on the information when the youth was nabbed from Hoshangabad he was identified as Ayush Deewan who happens to be grandchild of the complainant priest.
The two sold the crown at Rs 1 lakh to a Hoshangabad based jeweler Shakur Ali who confessed selling it to Qasim Ali and based on the information when Qasim Ali was nabbed he told that he melted the crown and melted gold was recovered from possession.
The main accused Ayush told the police that he was burdened with debt and to repay the money he committed the burglary. The other accused Randhir works as a labour and have been booked in the past for 3-4 crimes.
Notably, on October 28 gold crown worth Rs 3.37 lakh was burgled from Pitambar Baghlamukhi Mandir.
A complaint was lodged with the police by Ravindra Giri who is priest with temple targeted by miscreant and later it was found that his grandchild is involved in the burglary.