Police arrested son-in-law and one of his friends for theft in the house of his in-laws here on Tuesday. Police arrested Girish Kumar Sahu (22) and his friend Ram Kumar (22) on the charges of house trespass and theft and recovered stolen amount worth Rs1.49 lakh from their possession. The accused have been booked under the relevant Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
According to the police, Shakuntala Bai (52) had lodged complaint with the police saying that on March 31 when she went to attend a marriage function in their home town Khursipar along with her daughter Yamuna Bai and son-in-law Girish some unidentified thieves entered the house and decamped with cash and other valuables.
During the investigation, the police stumbled upon some evidences that suggested that her son-in-law Sahu was found entering the house on the same night following which he was taken to custody for interrogation.
In the subsequent interrogation, he confessed to the crime and named his friend Kumar who helped him to carry out the operation successfully. Thus, Kumar was also arrested. The police also recovered Rs1.49 lakh they had hidden in a pit in the field and seized other valuables they had stolen.