Three youths were arrested on the charges of theft and valuables worth Rs6 lakh were recovered by sleuths of District Crime Branch, police said here on Sunday.
The arrested persons were identified as Adarsh Dubey (20) resident of Ruabandha Sector, Akarh Dubey (21) resident of Moti Nagar Raipur and Anjan Pal Singh (20) of Sector-4 Bhilai.
They were earlier also arrested for their involvement in similar cases, Crime Branch In-charge Inspector Vishal Son informed. They were arrested on tip-off, he said. On January 1 this year they had sneaked into a house located in Risali and had made away with gold and silver ornaments. likewise on April 3, 2014 trio had entered in house of Manoj Singhania and made away with laptops, i-Pad, ornaments, cash and other valuables.
Detailing their modus operandi Inspector Son informed that they used to perform recce during day time in guise of college students and later executed the thefts. Based on the information given by accused, gold and silver ornaments, gold biscuit, gold coins, i-Pad, laptop and mobile phones were recovered, the Inspector said, adding, they have been booked under Section 457 (House Trespass) and 380 (theft in dwelling house etc) of Indian Penal Code.