A domestic help who made away with valuables worth Rs8 lakh on August 25 was nabbed from Jabalpur by Ayodhya Nagar police on Thursday. Police said Durga Prasad alias Rajesh who used to work as domestic help at K-Sector Ayodhya Nagar for one Dinesh Katare had gone missing on August 25. The victim had lodged a complaint with the Ayodhya Nagar police and in the compliant he claimed that Durga Prasad used to work as domestic help for the past few months but disappeared on August 25.
The police after preliminary investigation have registered a case against Durga Prasad and started the investigation.
During the investigation it was found that the accused was located in Jabalpur and based on the mobile location search he was finally nabbed from Jabalpur.
When questioned, he reportedly confessed that he took the money for construction of a house in Jabalpur and was aware that Dinesh Katare had money and valuables. He told that when victim’s wife Anita Katare went to sleep n the afternoon he took cash Rs3 lakh and gold and silver ornaments kept in the almirah and escaped. Police recovered gold ornaments weighing 42.5 gm and 1.5 kg of silver. Motorbike bought from the stolen money was also recovered from his possession.