Baidan police have nabbed a thief who was involved in stealing electronic gadgets and recovered goods worth Rs 58 lakh which were stolen in the past 3-4 years from marriage and other events in Singrauli and Sonbhadra districts.
After the surge in cases of theft of electronic goods in Kotwali area and receiving complaints four teams were made by Baidan police and which tracked a person with two cameras at Bijoli. Rambhajan Shah (27) the accused revealed the goods were stolen from different places.
Complainants Santosh Kumar Sahu lodged complaint on June 29 in the police station regarding his stolen camera worth about Rs 1.5 lakh and two more same cases were reported in which electronic gadgets were stolen. The Kotwali police received information that a man was roaming with two cameras trying to sell them in Biloji.On interrogation, the accused confessed to committing thefts in marriage events targeting electronic items photo cameras, video cameras, drone cameras, mobiles, laptops, TVs, amplifiers, DJ lights, battery chargers, flashlights, etc.