A joint team of Jabalpur Kotwali police and crime branch arrested three absconding accused of theft and recovered Rs 4 lakh cash, two country-made pistols, 31 live cartridges, a knife and a motorcycle, nine of this gang members have been arrested earlier.
On July 22, complainant Akhilesh Aggarwal, lodged a complaint as his house was targeted and valuables were stolen.
The police team inspected the spot thoroughly and during the investigation, on the basis of CCTV footage and other information found that Premnath alias Pappu Mallah, Sanjay Sharma alias Golu and Durgesh Patel have committed crime.
During the search, the police team raided their houses. During the raid, the police questioned the family members regarding the theft.
During the continuous search, on the evening of August 17, the crime branch got information that the absconding accused were in Tulsinagar and arrested them.
A joint team of Crime Branch and Police Station Kotwali raided Durgesh Patel's house in front of Tulsinagar. On search, a country made pistol and 9 cartridges was recovered from Premnath alias Pappu Malla, a pistol and 10 cartridges were recovered from Sanjay Sharma alias Golu and from Durgesh Patel a sharp edged weapon was recovered.
From the three accused, the police seized two country-made pistols, 28 live cartridges, one empty cartridge, one knife, one empty and three live cartridges used in the incident, motorcycle and stolen gold and silver jewelery weighing 180 gm and Rs 4 lakh cash have been seized.