A youth was arrested on the charges of stealing cash about Rs3 lakh from a business house in Pandri area. The accused had committed theft on the intervening night of December 30 and 31st, police said on Friday.
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths nabbed the accused identified as Arjun Soni alias Jugnu (20) resident of Geetanjali Nagar, Raipur. He is a native of Balangir district in Odisha, police said. The money was stolen from the safe (locker) of Usha Steel located in Pandri area and Ranveer Singh Saluja of Usha Steel had lodged report in this connection. “During the course of investigation it was know that CCTV camera installed in office was defunct and it was sent for repair.
It seemed that someone from inside who knew that CCTV camera was not functioning could have committed the theft,” Inspector Sanjay Singh of CCB informed. The forensic team was also called for taking finger prints on the vault. Based on evidence collected Arjun was grilled. While cross questioning he confessed of theft and on his instance cash were recovered from old tape recorder in his house, Inspector Singh said. Arjun has been booked under Section 457 (house trespass) and 380 (theft) of Indian Penal Code (IPC).