The Hanumanganj police arrested a 21-year old youth on the charge of committing burglary and recovered Rs 1.8 lakh from his possession. A total of Rs 3.60 lakh in cash was burgled from a shop in Ghora Nakkas area on January 8.
According to the police, the accused Faheem Khan alias Murgi was nabbed near AIIMS late in the night on Saturday. The nabbed miscreant told the police that out of the total burgled cash he had lost Rs 1.80 lakh in gambling. Police have recovered the money from the accused.
After a tip off the accused was nabbed near AIIMS from his in-laws house on Saturday. The accused tried to mislead the police at first but later he confessed burglary of Kanhaiya Pan Shop at Ghora Nakkas and escaped with valuables worth Rs 3.60 lakh in the intervening night of Jan 8 and 9. The victim lodged a complaint regarding the burglary with Hanumanganj police and based on the complaint a case under section 379 and 457 of the IPC was registered.
Police have started further investigation and have claimed that more recoveries are likely soon on the leads provided by Faheem, as he has confessed more crimes in the further questioning.
The accomplices in the crimes with the accused would be searched and those involved in the disposing of the goods burgled would be searched.
The nabbed accused has been booked for several crimes in the past in different police stations of the city. He is a habitual drinker and used to spend the money made from burglary and other crimes.