The Central Crime Branch (CCB) nabbed two of two persons on theft charges and seized stolen ornaments along with coins worth Rs50,000 from their possession on Saturday.
IInspector RK Sahu of CCB informed the accused have been identified as Raju Ishwar Rao alias Bheemu (24) and Mukesh Palu Nirmalkar (23), both hailing from Bhilai-3 of Durg district. Police recovered gold ornaments, 25 silver coins, utensils made up of Brass and cash worth Rs12,500 from their possession. They were arrested on a precise tip-off, when they were in search of customer to sell stolen items, CCB Inspector Sahu maintained. The inspector further said “the duo was subjected to intense interrogation whereupon, the accused duo confessed of committing burglary in different areas of Raipur and Durg as well.” An offence against the accused duo was registered with Ganj police station under section 41(4+1) of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPc) and sections 457 and 380 of Indian Penal Code (IPC), Inspector Sahu concluded.