The police on Saturday arrested an 18-year-old youth, who had allegedly stole Rs 10.73 lakh from a marble stone shop at Danish Nagar under Misrod police station area.
According to the police, the victim Shaikh laeek owns a marble stone shop at Danish Nagar. On Friday evening he had gone for some work and on his return he found that
Rs 10.73 lakh in cash were missing. The workers present were questioned by the victim but they expressed ignorance about the disappearance of the cash.
During investigation, when the employees of the shop were questioned they confirmed that Amir visited the shop and stayed for long but none of them confirmed that he took away the cash.
After the police got the information the accused Amir was quizzed, he confirmed to have stolen the cash Rs 10.73 lakh from the shop. Amir told that after stealing the money, he kept the cash at his rented room at Bagh Farhatafza area of Aishbagh. The money was recovered from his room.
The victim and accused are acquainted, as the accused used to work for the victim and used to stay at the shop. The victim is uncle of the accused, police said.
Both victim and accused are residents of Bareli village under Raisen district. The police have registered a case under section 380 of the IPC and have started further investigation.