Kotwali police teamed with crime branch arrested an accused of committing theft and eight people with stolen goods, a total of valuables worth Rs 21 lakh have been seized by the police.
On July 22, complainant Akhilesh Aggarwal lodged complaint that his house at Gopal Vihar was targeted and valuables worth lakhs of rupees were burgled.
Victim went to Allahabad with his family and when he returned home main door of the house was broken. Two gold bracelets, two bangles, two necklaces, one chain, one bracelet, four rings, four pairs of ear-tops, gold chain, 10 pairs of clothes, five boxes of ghee, five boxes of dry fruits and cash etc.
The police team on the basis of CCTV footage and inputs from the informer, searched for Premnath alias Pappu Mallah of Dalpatpur, Sanjay Sharma alias Golu and Durgesh Patel and during the raid, it was found that the absconding accused Premnath, along with his son Mohit, friends Sanjay Sharma and Durgesh Patel, committed burglary and Premnath carried the stolen goods by his son Mohit Mallah, wife Basanti Mallah, second wife Diksha Mallah, son-in-law Chandan Mallah.
After arresting the kin of the accused and interrogating them intensively, they confessed to having stolen goods with them.
On the behest of the relatives, the police team has seized cash worth Rs. Along with this, the weapons used in the crime, rods, cutters, screwdrivers, pinches, saws have also been confiscated by the police.
The search is on for the absconding Nakabjan Premnath alias Pappu Mallah, Sanjay Sharma and Durgesh Patel. Absconding accused Premnath alias Pappu Mallah is a notorious burglar and has been booked for 23 offenses in Jabalpur and 16 in Bhopal are registered and are pending in the court.