Shahpura police have arrested a miscreant while two persons involved in stealing Sandalwood worth Rs 40,000 from Kati Pahari area on Saturday are still absconding.
Police said that after the staff found that trees of Sandalwood were cut and stolen. The staff approached police and lodged a complaint with the police.
A complaint was lodged by Deepak Borade of Forest Department regarding and cutting and stealing Sandalwood trees and when they were stopped they assaulted forest department employees. The nexus earlier nabbed with the sandalwood smuggling have been revealed.
The police have registered a case of theft against miscreants and started investigation. The arrested accused was identified as Bilal while the absconding accused were identified as Aslam Khan and Jalal Khan.
Police registered a case under sections 379 and 382 of the IPC and CCTV footages have been checked and vital clue has been found claimed the police. The complainant claimed that the stolen wood was worth Rs 40000.Meanwhile, miscreants targeted a house at Sharda Nagar and escaped with valuables worth Rs 45000 on Saturday; Gautam Nagar police have started investigation.
Police said that the victim Naresh Lodhi was at home and in other room and when he checked he found the valuables were burgled. A complaint was lodged by the victim with the police.The victim claimed that gold and silver jewelry, silver coins worth Rs 40000 were burgled.